[1585] in Moira
Re: some suggested mailhub.gen changes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Wed Jun 14 22:51:41 2000
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From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: "Mark V. Silis" <mark@MIT.EDU>
cc: "Tom Coppeto" <tom@MIT.EDU>, zacheiss@MIT.EDU, moiradev@MIT.EDU,
postmaster@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:02:51 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:51:35 -0400
> Yup the moira patch should be just fine, so I would say updating nmailhub.gen to
> use the patches should be ok. I don't think we should update the mailhub service to use
> these changes, since:
>
> 1. It really doesn't need it.
> 2. I don't know what effect those changes will have on it, and its much harder to test
> because of the age of the software.
> 3. Those machines are on their way out anyway, and I see no need to try and antagonize them
> since they're so darn touchy.
I would feel uncomfortable making these changes to nmailhub and not
mailhub, since it would create a situation where certain addresses
worked depending on which mailhub you got. (I believe mailhub.gen and
nmailhub.gen are currently the same program.) If postmaster is
uncomfortable making htese changes to the old mailhubs, and they
really are that close to leaving, I think we should wait till they are
gone, rather that create skew.
Jonathon
