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On 16 Dec 99, at 20:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I would list a few things in sendmail's favor:
>
> 1) The ability to rewrite headers "up front" without
> requiring double delivery (once to a rewriting
> program, then again to the destination).
Nice - but any program with root privileges doing header rewriting is
a recipe for disaster.
It also depends on what you mean by "delivery"; qmail's logic is
much simpler, but internally sendmail will do "almost" the same,
without giving you so many chances to inspect and debug.
> 1a) The ability to forward mail, up front....
Sorry?
> 2) The ability (even if theoretical) to deliver a
> message without fsync()ing it into the queue, unless
> absolutely necessary.
I don't find that a plus... I prefer to stay on the safe side, rather than
(potentially) losing messages for the sake of speed.
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