2008/5/20 Jeroen van Aart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jeremy Harris wrote: >> Time you upgraded to a version-4 exim. Six years is >> forever, in internet time. Few people here will >> be able to help you with version 3. > > I agree. Though why are so many mailservers running ancient software > such as sendmail and qmail? Or are those still actively receiving > patches? Is it just because people find it too daunting a task to > migrate, or perhaps it's mostly a political (holy war style) issue.
Sendmail is actively maintained. Qmail is not, and never really was - although there are third-party patchsets, the core code's odd licensing arrangements mean the patches will never be adopted into the product. Peter -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
