-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Nemeth wrote: > On Oct 29, 4:01pm, "Chris Gauch" wrote: > } > -----Original Message----- > } > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mimedefang- > } > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Whittney > } > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:52 PM > } > > } > Most likely people here read slashdot at times (or all the time ;-), but > } > there is an article on filtering email, with graphs, and other ideas. > } > > } > http://www.acme.com/mail_filtering/ > } > } Interesting reading...the most memorable paragraph was this one: > } > } "Note that qmail, an alternative mail transport program, generates > } post-reception bounce messages in circumstances where other mail transports > } would have refused the reception. This means every qmail site is basically > } an open spam relay. For this reason alone, qmail should never be used by > } anyone." > > There are third party patches available to fix this and other > problems. The original author, Daniel J. Bernstein, is refusing to > accept them or to even make the necessary changes himself. The quote > is still somewhat true in that out of the box, qmail is a rogue MTA > that doesn't behave in an acceptable manner. > Well, given that djb makes such bold claims for qmail, allowing such bugs to persist doesn't do much for his credibility. In fact, I doubt that anyone who isn't a skilled programmer is qualified to administer a qmail installation, what with all the patches necessary just to make it fully compliant.
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