On 10 Nov, Craig Sanders let loose with: > On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Jason Costomiris wrote: > >> I nominate qmail + tcpserver/tcpcontrol. I'm in the process of >> converting all of my boxes to it. Very nice, easy to control >> relaying/spam, and FAST. > > no way! > > qmail might be excellent at what it does but it's incompatible with > /var/spool/mail. the one time i installed it, i couldn't even get it > to use procmail as the local delivery agent instead of qmail-local > (putting a .qmail file in every home directory is NOT a viable option, > i want procmail as THE local delivery agent). i didn't spend much time > on it though - reading the docs and faqs etc just made me angry at the > author's arrogant attitude. > > there's also the 'minor' problem that only a few MUAs (i don't know of > one except for qmail-popper) will work with qmail's new maildir format. >
Actually this is not entirely true... You can set up qmail to use mbox files - but as you point out, the author strongly discourages this. NFS issues aside, I do not care much for maildir. > but the biggest problem with qmail is the author's attitude. The sad thing is that it is often difficult for most people to separate genuine issues from personal crusades... > finally, qmail is non-free. debian CAN'T use it as the default MTA. Why is it non-free? Anyhow, I will stick with sendmail, despite its complexity - it is a known quantity and does what *I* like... ;-) - Tim -- Debian GNU Linux Power to the people... -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: Tim Ferrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .