Need to build a new mail server

[DAve]

Eric Zimmerman wrote:
> Foo JH wrote:
>> I like Qmail. It's not overly difficult to configure, and it's 
>> extensible.
>>
> 
> and requires 400 patches to do basic things =(

List them, not 100, not 399, all 400 please.

Keep in mind that when your download x.x.x release of a software package 
you are downloading a "patched" source code. Sendmail has been patched 
many times, Postfix is patched, Exim is patched. qmail just requires you 
apply your own patches. Patching is not a bad thing, shrinkwrap mail 
admins applying patches that they do not understand is a bad thing.

> 
> heres some interesting reading about qmail...
> 
> http://www.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~ma/qmail-bugs.html

That so much time and effort is spent telling everyone how bad qmail is 
still amazes me. It is one of the best performing and most extensible 
MTAs I have ever used. It is not however, suitable for those who choose 
not to understand how mail works. Point and clickers should stay with 
Postfix, also a very capable MTA.

DAve

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