Shane Owenby wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 09:24:19AM -0500, Steve Philp wrote:
> > Vincent Danen wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a reason why there are no RPMs for Qmail? I was reading on the
> > > site and it looks like they prefer pure source distribution, and no binary
> >
> > The reason for no _shipping_ binaries is because of the restrictive
> > distribution terms used by DJB. He wants to maintain control of the
> > source and installation of it. He's extremely proud of the security
> > scenario he's created for Qmail and wants to ensure that distributed
> > packages stick to that security.
> Get postfix it seems the 'security scenario' is much better with it, and
> it is a easy to install. Debian has approved the license so there
> should be no problems with other list restrictive dists including it.
>
> www.postfix.org
>
> Shane Owenby
> IBM Linux Technology Center
cooker and 6.1 both include postfix and all you have to do is disable sendmail
and then let it run by it self the configureation is in /etc/postfix/main.cf only
a few things there need to be changed from default, it runs quite well here
(running cooker have not tried in 6.1)
