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From: smoot@ut-sally.UUCP (Smoot Carl-Mitchell)
Newsgroups: net.mail.headers
Subject: Re: "blaming Unix SendMail"
Message-ID: <2137@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 09:44:57 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 27 09:44:57 1984
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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> Of course the best method is to have a human readable form which is then
> parsed into a binary file which sendmail can read. The advantages are
> obvious.
> 
> Is there any valid reason why this hasn't been done?  "We don't do things
> int that way on UNIX" is not a valid reason!
> 
> 				Robert Virding

I think this is a good idea in general.  I have some thoughts on such
an endeavor, but do not have the time to devote to it.  I also
want to see how domain based addressing evolves before tackling such
a task.  I think it is comparatively easy to at least make the
syntax of a configuration file human readable.  I too get tired
of all the "$*$-$+" stuff.
-- 
Smoot Carl-Mitchell, CS Dept. University of Texas at Austin
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