On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 19:06 +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > On Wednesday 08 December 2004 14:35, "W.D.McKinney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hmm, meaning Hotmail, Yahoo and others run three legged mules ? :-) > > It's just a pity that hotmail and yahoo have so many users that it's > inconvenient to block them entirely.
Hi Russell, Good to hear from you. We run Barracuda Spam Firewalls also, so no worries. > > > No worries, this list is about Debian and we really like Debian. Not > > married to any MTA, just need some. > > Qmail is not in Debian. Even the qmail-src package is no longer in Debian. > This makes it significantly more difficult to manage Qmail Debian servers. > Well if you don't like compiling from src, then head to http://smarden.org/pape/Debian/ > If you want a reliable server then it's a really good idea to stick with > software that's in the distribution whenever possible. Preferrably use one > of the more common options too. Postfix and Exim are both commonly used in > Debian, it's most likely that someone else will encounter bugs before you do > and they will be fixed before you upgrade. > Hey, Adam is one of the best guys working with Debian. See http://www.linuxis.net for his personal biz. Heavy into qmail. He originally helped me get going. > > "Bloated" means overweight, non essential and not availble to chuck out > > the window up here. > > The way Debian generally works is that all the most commonly used features > are > compiled in. This means that the vast majority of users can use binary > packages. Significant advantages are derived from this, there are situations > where minor changes in code (optimisation changes etc) can cause programs to > break. Using the same binaries as a million other people reduces the chance > that you will be the one to first encounter a bug. > Yes, I understand but thanks. Typically this is a big help. > Gentoo users like compiling everything specific to each installation. They > might get a few percent performance increase (but this is not guaranteed), > but they will definitely have more problems with reliability. > I wholeheartedly agree and stay away from Gentoo personally. > > "Rock Solid" means it's been so long long since we needed to make a > > change, it's easy to forget how. > > That's because changing Qmail is a PITA. So we didn't change, it just keeps purring. I'll go ahead and give Postfix/Exim4 another whirl though. Cheers, Dee -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]