Re: tlug: Re: Linux taking over the globe?

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, Karl-Max Wagner wrote:

> > Every Linux user starts as a beginner and the standard
> > distributions should make sure that a vanilla system is in a 
> > sufficiently paranoid mode on installation.
> 
> Yep. The best mode IMHO is not enabling sendmail as a daemon at
> all. A desktop user doesn't need that anyway ( assuming most
> users start out as desktop users, a sure bet ).
> 
> Better yet is providing qmail instead of sendmail. Qmail now
> comes in the form of a binary distribution, too, and is a lot
> more paranoid and safe than sendmail ( administation is a lot
> easier, too - good for a beginner ).

licensing issues prevent qmail from being distributed on CDs, though, last
time I checked.  Ideally, a beginner won't ever have to admin sendmail at
all.  Distributions such as TL, RH, and I think Deb and Slack, too,
install sendmail with reasonable defaults so that it works right out of
the box for standard applications - sure, if you want your box to receive
mail for a whole domain, relay, etc, you have to do some config work, but
most people don't need to do those things.

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