On Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:11:54 -0400 (EDT) Wietse Venema via Postfix-users <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is not what I had in mind when I originally implemented Postfix > as an "install and forget, update when you get new hardware" thing, > but it is what it is. The good thing about Postfix is how its core architecture remained stable over the years. I have a number of really old books on Postfix and they are still relevant. My main disappointment is that SMTP, POP3, and IMAP are all separate protocols, each handled by different components with their own requirements. It would have been more convenient to have a single unified protocol for email handling and storage. And while we’re at it, making it a binary protocol would have been nice as well. My past experience writing an HTTP parser has made me rather wary of string-based token parsing. _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
