On Friday 30 January 2004 12:40 am, Steve Lamb wrote: > > qmail, by default, will not relay AT ALL, and I have found it very > > easy to install and setup.
> o.O I've had to work with QMail and I have to say that it is one > big giant headache. I disagree, but we are each entitled to our opinions. > To get any decent security requires that you need to patch in at least > 6-7 different patches because the license forbids redistribution of > modified source. I've added patches for various purposes, but not for security. What security problems were you patching against? > Speaking of the source every single person I've ever heard look at it > thinks it is atrociously written and hates working on it. Fo some > reason I believe them because of the atrocious logging that it does as > well as the idiotic ideas which are ingrained into the system. What "idiotic" ideas? qmail is designed to be secure, fast, and simple - and it achieves those goals quite well. It does show its age, though - many features common to other MTAs are missing and need to be patched in. That's the only real complaint I have about it, and it's only a hassle at installation time. At the same time, qmail's flexibility (due to its modular design) has allowed me to do things I don't think I could do with other MTAs. > In short, QMail is the Windows of MTAs. No, I think Sendmail holds that title, and probably will for the forseeable future. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
