On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Ben Calvert <b...@flyingwalrus.net> wrote: > > On Jan 14, 2010, at 3:11 PM, Marco Peereboom wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 05:09:03PM -0500, nixlists wrote: >>> >>> Sorry, forget I mentioned softupdates. Does it do what qmail does? >>> Reliaibility-wise? >>> >>> "qmail's queue, except for bounce message contents, is crashproof on >>> the BSD FFS and most of its variants. " >> >> Nothing is crash prof. Can you please stop making these retarded >> statements? You are making a fool of yourself. >> >> If software people weren't so dangerous they'd be adorable. > > I don't think this is an original sentiment. > > I think he's quoting DJB's faq.
Yes. Sorry if that was confusing, I thought quotes were enough. > it's still an idiotic sentiment, but it does serve as a warning that his (DJB's) software should be treated with great care. Hmm. Not sure I agree. All he's saying is that qmail is designed to use FFS's atomic update stuff, and aims not to lose messages. Doesn't mean it's bug-free.
