> I set up an anti-qmail page at: > > http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/qmail/ > > Comments, suggestions, corrections and flames are welcome. > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish
I don't want to express any opinion about qmail. It has some good points, and Dan Bernstein should be credited for many positive things too. I saw the sub-title "Alternatives" at Shlomi's page, and just want to bring your attention to a "secret" revolution that may possibly come from the direction of Apache, thanks to Google's "Summer of Code". When Apache 2.0 was designed (4-6 years ago), it was re-built to serve different protocols, and not only HTTP. Ryan Bloom wrote an example (mod_pop3), and some other projects were started too (e.g. mod_mbox). It had been clear that the main targets are FTP and SMTP, and finally, after SoC, mod_smtpd became a reality. SoC also helped to create "satellite" projects, such as a module for black-lists. Maybe it's too early to include mod_smtpd in the list of alternatives, but I believe that in the long run, it has good chances to become the best MTA for Linux/UNIX, especially if it will be integrated well with the HTTP module, as well as the surrounding modules (mod_pop3, mod_mbox, the black lists module, etc.). The only missing piece, at least in my opinion, is mod_dns (or mod_bind or mod_named, the name is not important...). Maybe some of you prefer the UNIX philosophy (of having many tiny tools that make up a great system by combining them), but the integration is not less important, especially when it's done around the most successful OSS project (I don't know any other OSS project, including sendmail, that still holds 70% of the market against Microsoft). P.S. Its license is very convenient (Apache's ASL). -- Eli Marmor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Netmask (El-Mar) Internet Technologies Ltd. __________________________________________________________ Tel.: +972-9-766-1020 8 Yad-Harutzim St. Fax.: +972-9-766-1314 P.O.B. 7004 Mobile: +972-50-5237338 Kfar-Saba 44641, Israel ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
