Steve Searle wrote:
If most users had to set up an SMTP server, we know what would happen:
They'd be set to accept mail from all domains, and relay to all, as it'd
be too hard to work out how to do it otherwise.
This is precisely why a usable configuration should be supplied, so the
users don't make such mistakes. Exactly the same is true for samba,
ftp, sshd, and most other services. If someone has to set any of these
up from scratch they are going to make mistakes the first time and have
an insecure system.
Do you actually have any evidence that the configuration supplied is
causing users to make mistakes and set up mail servers that do act as
spam relays? Or is it all just a pet theory?
I only know about my own mistakes which I'm not inclined to discuss
here. What evidence do you have that everyone else gets this right
every time without help from the distro?
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
