> > >> > IMHO any system which includes a file like > >> > sendmail.cf which people can tinker with > >> > is severely under-designed. Mail systems > >> > should not be tailored. Mail systems > >> > should have simple addresses and tailoring > >> > should be unnecessary. > >> > >> Yea - no options, no nothing. Gee, I'll be you really love the MAC :-) > >> > > It may come as a suprise that it is possible to offer > > options in better ways. Software companies did it for 30 > > years before the last 5. > > Oh, so now you're saying it _is_ ok to be able to tailor things? > Providing information is not necessarily the same as tailoring. Having options is not necessarily the same as tailoring. (Giving the name of a DECNET gateway is an example of some optional information there has to be a way of giving.) I still do believe that mail systems should not be 'tailored.' If you want to consider giving it vital information 'tailoring' then the matter is down to semantics. ---------- Mark J Strawcutter Internet: [log in to unmask] Director, Systems and Communications BITNET: MJSTRAW@IUP Indiana University of Pennsylvania Voice: (412) 357-4007 Indiana, PA 15705 "you can't nail jello to a tree"