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Date:      Wed, 1 Apr 1998 09:56:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
To:        hamellr@qcsn.com (Rick Hamell)
Cc:        jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Bouncing Email (fwd)
Message-ID:  <199804011756.JAA15654@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.3.95.980401094453.-220059B-100000@greymouser.circle-path.org> from Rick Hamell at "Apr 1, 98 09:49:34 am"

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Rick Hamell wrote:
> > 	grr......in sendmail v.8 (what freebsd uses, as well as many
> > 	if not most of the internet) you can reconfigure it to be
> > 	more or less resource intensive.   
> > 
> > 	please do not blame either sendmail or its behavior for the
> > 	configuration that you are running.   you are free to
> > 	set the rate at which you will accept mail
> > 	set the rate at which you will attempt to deliver mail
> > 	how long you will wait before bouncing mail
> > 	from whom you will accept mail
> > 	for whom you will relay mail
> > 	and many other options
> 
> 	Thankyou, I was simply trying to simplify the process for people
> on this list, as it is Freebsd-NEWBIES, not freebsd-yearsofexperience.
> Perhaps I should have said, 'sending E-mail tends to be resource
> intensive' I'm not blaming Sendmail for anything, it's a great piece of
> software, though I understand even the author of it needs to rely on third
> party referances as to how it works, because of how complicated the
> program is.

	one step in moving from NEWBIES to yearsofexperience 
	(as opposed to continualy repeating first year)
	is taking responsibility for one's own machine and 
	one's own software configuration.....its a whole new
	world to those coming from "blue screen of death"
	and "reboot please".
jmb

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