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Date:      Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:56:24 -0800
From:      Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Secure Servers (SMTP, POP3, FTP)
Message-ID:  <20010216135624.C15584@klapaucius.zer0.org>
In-Reply-To: <3A8D66A3.46C4AF65@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 10:42:59AM -0700
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On 2001-02-16 10:42 -0700, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> wrote:
> Gregory Sutter wrote:
> > 
> > On 2001-02-13 11:01 -0700, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > As for my comments about the documentation:
> > >
> > >       bash-2.04# pwd
> > >       /usr/local/share/doc/postfix
> > >       bash-2.04# !gr
> > >       grep -i mail_spool_directory *
> > >       bash-2.04#
> > >
> > > Yeah, I'll count that as "opaque".
> > 
> > apropos postfix
> > man 8 local
> > 
> > We'll convert you yet.
> 
> Oh, I've got it running now, but I still think the documentation is weak.

That's definitely true.  It could really use a complete manual.  I
know someone who's writing one, to be published by a major house,
though.  So the docs are on the way. 

> mail_spool_directory is a configuration file setting that is not mentioned
> anywhere in any of the Postfix documentation, and yet the comments in the 
> sample/default configuration file make it seem quite important.

That's untrue!  I pointed you to the local(8) man page because the
mail_spool_directory parameter is documented there. 
 
> I've sent that to Weitse as a documentation bug.  Maybe an article about 
> it in DN would encourage someone to update the docs?  ;^)

Can you have it ready for April?  :)

Greg
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