On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Shane Owenby 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
Actually postfix comes with Mandrake... my first introduction to postfix
was when I was trying to figure out why the heck sendmail kept dying on me
and I couldn't figure out why (it was postfix, started by default). I
haven't had a chance to really look at postfix, but I've heard good things
about qmail and it looks a little more mature than postfix... But I may
have to play with that one as well (looks like it might be time to
repartition and setup a dummy Mandrake system for hacking around with).
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