None of the Above (was Re: Sendmail still default?)

[Les Mikesell]

Colin Walters wrote:
> 
>>>>> Local delivery of mail is a poor solution, since it provides no
>>>>> indication of priority difference between "You've got spam" and "Your hard
>>>>> drive is failing".
>>>> That's a solvable problem within the context of email, whereas starting
>>>> from scratch and re-inventing delivery to arbitrary user-selectable
>>>> endpoints is somewhat insane.
>>> I'm sure the anti-spam companies would be delighted to hear it. Yes, it's
>>> a solvable problem - but you're conflating two things, important system
>>> updates and personal email. I think trying to present these two quite
>>> different things in the same way is a bad idea.
>> I think it is a bad idea for you to decide
> 
> Let's be clear - this is a meritocracy, not a vote-by-email-repetition system.

If you don't permit the 'merit' to be decided by potential users of the 
system you are designing a vote-by-feet system.

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   Les Mikesell
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