Wietse Venema previously_wrote on Mon-28-Mar 22 12:00AM
> external name "Postfix". "post" was a different word for "mail",
> and "fix" was for Sendmail, the inspiration for my efforts.
It is a much cooler sounding name now that its decoded.
But in retrospect the meaning is pretty obvious đ¤Ś
On Monday, March 28, 2022, 12:01:58 AM GMT+2, Wietse Venema
wrote:
| the inspiration for my efforts.
Thanks for your efforts, Wietse... and for all your support in the list!!!Â
Regards..
Pete.
Â
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA512
Hey,
On Sun, 2022-03-27 at 10:59 +0200, Benny Pedersen wrote:
> funny from myside: it fixes all known sendmail bugs :)
> it did not take m4 configure from it
How plebeian, you used m4 to configure sendmail. đď¸
In all my years administering sendmail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA512
On Sun, 2022-03-27 at 09:08 +0530, Amarjeet Anand wrote:
> Whatâs the story behind choosing the name as âPostfixâ?
As with all children it's what it's parents chose to call it đ
- --
Nikolai Lusan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-
iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEV
Ralph Seichter:
> * Wietse Venema:
>
> > We tried a bunch of names for which I could register a domain name,
> > and each time the IBM naming authority would reject our choice.
>
> Sounds interesting. What exactly is, or was, "the IBM naming authority"?
> Is it an entity related to IBM's legal te
Great Idea! Done
On 3/27/2022 6:08 PM, lists wrote:
Perhaps someone who knows how to update wiki can add this information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix_(software)
* Wietse Venema:
> We tried a bunch of names for which I could register a domain name,
> and each time the IBM naming authority would reject our choice.
Sounds interesting. What exactly is, or was, "the IBM naming authority"?
Is it an entity related to IBM's legal team?
> Changing the name of a
On Mar 27, 2022, at 5:00 PM, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Changing the name of a program is a lot of work; it is worse than
> changing the name of the main character in a story.
20 to 30 years ago, I did a lot of work with DECâs VMS operating system. The
original working name for the OS was Starlet. M
On 28/03/2022 08.18, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> This sounds plausible. As for why "Postfix" and not, say, "Platypus", I
> don't know.
A platypus?
Although Postfix could be said to identify its food-targets (incoming
SMTP) by "electrolocation", it is not a venomous creature.
If 'more' than a benig
: Why the name Postfix?
Viktor Dukhovni:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 09:08:53AM +0530, Amarjeet Anand wrote:
>
> > What?s the story behind choosing the name as ?Postfix??
>
> One of the stories can be found here:
>
> https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_takes_on_sen
This lore is BEYOND cool and Wietse is legendâŚ
- - -
On 27 Mar 2022, at 15:00, Wietse Venema wrote:
Viktor Dukhovni:
On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 09:08:53AM +0530, Amarjeet Anand wrote:
What?s the story behind choosing the name as ?Postfix??
One of the stories can be found here:
https://t
Viktor Dukhovni:
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 09:08:53AM +0530, Amarjeet Anand wrote:
>
> > What?s the story behind choosing the name as ?Postfix??
>
> One of the stories can be found here:
>
> https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_takes_on_sendmail_with_secure_mailer
>
> ...
> IBM cal
On 2022-03-27 14:18, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
This sounds plausible. As for why "Postfix" and not, say,
"Platypus", I don't know.
Oh that's easy. Same reason as why it's not called "Duckfix."
Wietse couldn't afford to pay the bill.
--
http://rob0.nodns4.us/
> On Mar 27, 2022, at 3:18 PM, Viktor Dukhovni
> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 09:08:53AM +0530, Amarjeet Anand wrote:
>
>> Whatâs the story behind choosing the name as âPostfixâ?
>
> One of the stories can be found here:
>
>https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_takes_on_sendmail_w
On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 09:08:53AM +0530, Amarjeet Anand wrote:
> Whatâs the story behind choosing the name as âPostfixâ?
One of the stories can be found here:
https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ibm_takes_on_sendmail_with_secure_mailer
...
IBM calls the new mail program Secure Mailer
On 2022-03-27 05:38, Amarjeet Anand wrote:
Whatâs the story behind choosing the name as âPostfixâ?
funny from myside: it fixes all known sendmail bugs :)
it did not take m4 configure from it
Hi
Whatâs the story behind choosing the name as âPostfixâ?
17 matches
Mail list logo
