On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 02:17:39PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Matthew Garrett wrote: > >Once you're beyond the typical desktop use case, then yes, an MTA > >probably makes sense. But that's not an argument for an MTA in the > >default desktop install. > > OK, if you really are so elitist that you think typical users can't > figure out how to use standard programs, consider the case where you > install the software for one of your incapable friends or family members > and you'd like those impending failure warnings to come to you since the > user won't understand them anyway. I'm pretty solidly of the opinion that email is nowhere near being the most sensible way to get important information to a typical desktop user. If a failure is important then the user needs to know about it as soon as possible - mail provides no guarantees about timely delivery. We have plenty of desktop infrastructure to give important alerts to users, we're just failing to do so. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
