From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:25:11 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r5m7j9qw.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 201004211222.42858.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> writes:
>> Internet mail is quite complex, yes.
> This statement is the source of the confusion surrounding sendmail.
> Internet mail is not complex, it is stunningly simple:
> mail comes in,
> look up where it should go,
> send it there
[...]
Egad, I had no idea it was so simple; maybe you should tell all those
guys who collaborate in writing piles of rfcs that pertain to
internet mail and related issues, I bet they don't know it so easy
either. :)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-23 0:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-16 12:20 [gentoo-user] [OT] Setting up a fall back ISP SMTP in sendmail Mick
2010-04-16 23:51 ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
2010-04-17 9:33 ` Mick
2010-04-17 12:01 ` Mick
2010-04-18 15:14 ` Harry Putnam
2010-04-18 21:06 ` Mick
2010-04-18 22:27 ` Peter Humphrey
2010-04-19 10:05 ` Tanstaafl
2010-04-19 14:49 ` Grant Edwards
2010-04-19 19:07 ` Mick
2010-04-19 19:20 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-04-19 21:55 ` Mick
2010-04-19 19:28 ` Grant Edwards
2010-04-19 19:19 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-04-19 19:42 ` Grant Edwards
2010-04-19 21:50 ` Mick
2010-04-20 13:53 ` Harry Putnam
2010-04-20 15:28 ` Grant Edwards
2010-04-20 15:51 ` Harry Putnam
2010-04-20 16:02 ` Grant Edwards
2010-04-21 10:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-04-23 0:25 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2010-04-20 21:57 ` Stroller
2010-04-21 10:18 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-04-21 14:19 ` Grant Edwards
2010-04-23 0:23 ` Harry Putnam
2010-04-20 21:59 ` Stroller
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