Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:10:11 -0400 From: Len Zettel <zettel@acm.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: E-mail documentation (was: Re: Article about mail setup for FreeBSD workstations) Message-ID: <200410181310.11343.zettel@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <20041018165118.GA23223@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> References: <20041003202704.GB25654@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <20041018165118.GA23223@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
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On Monday 18 October 2004 12:51 pm, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2004-10-03 22:27, Simon Barner <barner@gmx.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Approximately one year ago, I wrote an article about how to setup email > > properly on a FreeBSD machine without a proper DNS name [...] > > > > My work is available here (HTML and DocBook version): > > http://home.leo.org/~barner/freebsd/articles/mailsetup/ > > Interesting article. I have threatened that some day I will rewrite the > e-mail chapter of the Handbook to include as much information as possible, > including (but not limited to) the following: > > - Alternative MTAs (Postfix, Exim, qmail, etc.). > - SASL support. > - Hosting of many virtual domains. > > but, unfortunately, I got myself a job and quickly saw my free time > diminishingly approach zero hours per day. I am still interested in what > people would like better though: > > a. a huge email chapter in the Handbook, Yes > > b. a separate book describing internet mail support on FreeBSD, or > > c. a collection of many small articles, each one describing a > particular e-mail setup. > Yes > This article of yours would fit nicely either as part of the first two or > as an addition to (c). So, which of (a), (b) or (c) would people prefer? > It seems I might have relatively frequent periods of spare time from now > on. > In my opinion, the documentation could usefully take better advantage of the capabilities of hypertext. To that end, a) Should have a general description section and a bunch of hyperlinks to c) as appropriate. -LenZ- > - - Giorgos > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFBc/SG1g+UGjGGA7YRAkNdAKCOq8FM0RGMUTuC+TfIf6S2RQ8dWgCeO1DR > +LBTrfMjQ4SU3rD1Zh2ujYQ= > =yR2K > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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