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Xref: sserve comp.unix.user-friendly:2805 comp.unix.solaris:21955 comp.unix.programmer:19611 comp.unix.misc:13681 comp.unix.aux:15223 comp.unix.bsd:14749 comp.unix.aix:43234 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!ddsw1!not-for-mail From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: xargs and alias commands Date: 28 Aug 1994 11:06:59 -0500 Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation Lines: 21 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <33qcn3$pdt@Mercury.mcs.com> References: <33af70$8rd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <33llck$p1h@hamlet.umd.edu> <3557@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1994Aug28.122114.3734@ifi.unizh.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.mcs.com In article <1994Aug28.122114.3734@ifi.unizh.ch>, Apostolos Lytras <lytras@avalon.unizh.ch> wrote: >jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes: >=> smail has come quite aways from it's humble UUCP origins. It certainly >=> doesn't have all the capability of sendmail but it's quick and easy and >=> can handle enough diversity for me... > >I feel that since versions >8 and the earlier IDA versions of sendmail, >sendmail has come a long way from its 'complex' origins. These versions are >no more difficult to configure for most situations than smail but they are >more powerful. The only thing I see that IDA/V8 do that is difficult or impossible in smail3 is rewrite the 'From:' header according to some more or less arbitrary rules. Most places don't need this unless they are acting as an internet gateway for uucp sites that don't have a domain name or don't know enough to use it. Are there some less obvious capabilities to justify the 'more powerful' claim? Les Mikesell les@mcs.com