On Thu, 25 May 2000, ibi wrote:
> James wrote:
> >
> > To add to the list of packages.. I think it would be really nice if
> > Mandrake offered more MTA solutions, namely qmail, which can be chosen
> > (with a brief definition of each) at install time.
> >
> > James Franssen
>
> If I understood the discussion yesterday qmail can't be ported to Linux
> because of the language. The developer of said app flatly refuses to
> allow qmail to be adapted/adopted/ported or changed inre binary code.
>
> I don't know a thing about servers, but it seems to me that if I am
> bound and determined to use qmail then I need to make the Unix based
> FreeBSD or OpenBSD my OS rather than Linux-Mandrake.
Oh -- and just because it's not GPL'ed doesn't mean it's not available for
public use - Bernstein just has his own licence.
As I said before, qmail is running just fine on my Mandrake box.
Sigh... when misinformation spreads it can do serious damage.
-Stephen-
