From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.17.10]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF8EA3858406 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:29:09 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org BF8EA3858406 Received: from calimero.vinschen.de ([24.134.7.25]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue109 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1Mt6x5-1mUxBt0J69-00tPWC for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:29:08 +0100 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 5D36BA80D65; Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:29:07 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:29:07 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ssmtp-config fails on step 6 Message-ID: Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <6f224c0f-9629-ab70-1bef-c2c1e742b5fc@vt.edu> <238898726.20211120030728@yandex.ru> <9f7af734-10b5-5f30-8038-8eb392d47c26@cornell.edu> <87ee785anw.fsf@Rainer.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ee785anw.fsf@Rainer.invalid> X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:j3dUJfg8lZYTmjSVxI3ODltDuAXGfwMlMeRmVJWK2NHVuq8Av67 NxL9dUPSYKg9Mn/xBH2C7AS2nO6uaZmkc+m9+9SODhSB5KVaMqtouVK3riw/kRTjaO1qOq7 gR2tK3I59BysSYZPa0yK0bgJPSgXzidEKtR/dLFspIi4ffYlr2Sz58fpEvD95RfjFRPYTXe 2OQdc0d2P800Lc9wIwYJQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:iOZPzP23cJ8=:JEd4v0reNGWGU/T3GxeAat DssVLGTp4Zlg0xPWRx3LgnCMOFsDiW/o1XjvD3cN5XGi5DA0HBuV+zTBcQIubPbc/ukaZFoxP VDxSGIbL+986Pv+XSW59GuMNrvJSlBAuz+Wqekd1bLqxnsLu6Chb2kXYw7Uk9AEMNp6afBKeD ves688R9N4QIT4C8yZ4Xl/85d0LhsvVbN5sXEi2nLfeo1XZxp7nLP7punY319rJ5sVzyroipO P56rIaNl8a9I/dpJfdeADjHrtTcx8H1/9uELjfIq5az8wZFs+LHIWaxbJpcnqYBGJ2tzD71tT KWY9b4WdFOyP33MIj8iKLXHiM7YyAXv1EzyuPHVYXDcsCcudkb5eny812VmlEfRAxsY4YjxJq uB2YyKmKQUBvixWSh4PTKvNpF4hqFVu2KpIPG9Oe6fr21CCQ9DIhNHazwKss3SpqbtuivLrMX ZLbviT8Zx4TPwsq/MoRFjZChUqCGGZid/+UioOaaucM+VbE8QHVdAvUFtGLovrxiXLs2r33vN wYyoD3RBqjEplWS1ebFDc9BfTcwW0JcC+DFHdRejD5OyaVz3UThfeKZUP6OXFlHq4lSbv88Ty qeNQ2C4C991100I55+wnZ5YlpDZ6kKvJWGWzscCXGGVd98kYnzntDpu+XmFS4WGbtQANcxtUl 70RXYWM63G315qa/EiGiXBBFp68Bh4fwjrUbV5Uv6+haLzv72AquulSOw1iPVJJbFIMFGjaLv 7aik3YfcF1iceMAt X-Spam-Status: No, score=-98.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, GOOD_FROM_CORINNA_CYGWIN, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, KAM_DMARC_NONE, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2021 18:29:11 -0000 On Nov 22 19:04, Achim Gratz wrote: > Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin writes: > > In fact, Windows symlinks can easily be created as dangling symlinks > > as well. Try cmd's `mklink foo bar' with non-existent bar in developer > > mode or an elevated shell. > > However you need to tell it if that name points to a directory or a > file, it cannot change afterwards on the fly. Yes, but only Explorer actually cares. Nevertheless, it's one of the most annoying Windows "features" since Vista. Corinna