Hello Kees,

On 29 Nov 14 15:34, Kees van Eeten wrote to Nicholas Boel:

 KE>  I think there is a definte difference in crating directories that are
 KE>  based on rules, such as the outbound directories, and directories
 KE> that have to be created only once and their definition is decided by
 KE> the sysop. Besides, the latter may have to cooperate with other
 KE> programs that have their own config files. With the way Binkd,
 KE> crashmail and others warn the sysop that the directory does not exist,
 KE> there is a check, that you do not blindly follow the definitions that
 KE> are in de sample file. It also protects you against typo's.

 KE>  Just a reaction from somebody who just installed a package he had
 KE> never seen before.

So is there a fine line drawn between all of the GUI based mailers that pop up
a window saying "Directory does not exist. Would you like to create?" and the
daemon mailers that make it more painful to exit out of your config file
without saving changes in order to add a directory before you can successfully
save the changes?

I guess I don't see much of a difference. Sure it's a good thing that it tells
you the directory doesn't exist and that it won't do anything. But the "option"
I also mentioned could be toggleable for the administrator. *shrug*

Regards,
Nick

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