[Pan-devel] Re: Pan in Fedora Extras

[Jim Henderson]

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:52:45 -0700, Duncan wrote:

> Greg Breland posted <address@hidden>, excerpted below,  on
> Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:46:58 -0600:
> 
>> As for SMTP auth, I'm surprised anyone has needed that since I bet 90%
>> of users use their local MTA to handle mail.  Of course, I could be
>> completely wrong but I've never used anything else.
> 
> I believe you underestimate the number of former Windows folks coming
> over, who know nothing about setting up a local MTA or the like,
> and have no immediate desire or need to learn.  Of course, that's not the
> only source of folks unfamiliar with the traditional Unix method, but it's
> probably the largest.

Actually, I wonder how many use the "Reply by e-mail" and "forward via
e-mail" options....I've never actually used them myself, since the benefit
in my usage is for everyone to share knowledge in the newsgroups...

Jim