On Sun, 2 Sep 2001, Ian C. Sison wrote:
> For instance, it's generally acknowledged that sendmail is a stupid choice
> for high volume mail servers.
Hey, strong opinion there. I like sendmail. :)
It can, with good planning and good knowledge of sendmail.
But that's applicable to other mta's too.
Large Unix vendors like Sun, HP, and IBM are still using
sendmail themselves and their large clients. You would be
surprised that sendmail is still dominant there, low profile
but large companies.
Interesting trivia is Postfix. Wietse created it, He works
in IBM, but IBM does not use his software. They use sendmail.
In fact, wonder of wonders, IBM is a reseller of sendmail!
> If someone were to approach me for help and
> give conditions that i use sendmail, then kahit na isang milyon pa, di ko
> kukunin yung project.
>
> Principles are principles, and there's no
> compromising them. Oo nga, i would be a million pesos richer, puro sakit
> naman ng ulo ang aabutin ko, puro reklamo. Not worth it. The same goes
> if someone where to approach me to help them configure a slackware linux
> based ISP, or server farm.
As a slackware fan, i protest. :) I previously worked for
an ISP, and we use slackware doing a variety of internet
sevices, for a couple of years and it was okay. Not bad.
My friend Riker (remember iptraf?) is a slackware
fan too and he still uses it even today.
another case is a La Salle high school in the province
where i previously do Linux consultancy for peanuts i
may add. ;) Serving the student needs of e-mail, web
and proxy on a 128Mb, 486DX4-100 compaq box. It's
slackware based, same old hardware running for 4 years
till now. And I have what, 2 to 3 calls per year asking
me to delete hundreds of useranames. Hindi naman
masakit ang ulo mo sa slackware.
Slackware might not be flashy or anything compared
to some other Linux distros, but it does it's job
well and to some Linux old timers, they still use it.
And lastly, i feel proud few days ago that slackware 8
running on a obsolete pc by today's standards
(pentium 120, 16mb. of ram.) is controlling
2 Netra T 1125 (costing $50K each!) via console. :)
regards,
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Andre M. Varon, CSA
http://andre.lasaltech.com
Fear can hold you prisoner, Hope can set you free.
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