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


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