Ubuntu is under attack

[Derek Broughton]

Matthew Garrett wrote:

> Just in case you're in any doubt - if important information is being
> generated by the system, it is not acceptable for that information to be
> dropped in a file in /var/spool that many users will never interact with
> in any way. 

That's good to hear, but somebody (I thought, you) already suggested it
should be logged through syslog.  Are you assuring us that that is also not
sufficient?  Ordinary users are no more likely to interact with that than
with /var/spool.

> * And potentially unanswerable - one of the UK's biggest ISPs doesn't
> provide an SMTP smarthost, and blocks outgoing port 25. How is postfix
> supposed to get important notification mails to their webmail account?

Incredible.  Much as I agree we must support their users, I hate the 
thought that we're encouraging such ISPs.
-- 
derek