--- Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Ian C. Sison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Postfix and Exim both support all of sendmail's > command-line modes, > which means either is a drop-in replacement (once > you have a suitable > conf file). To the best of my recollection, qmail > doesn't. (There may > be a patch.) no patches - install fastforward or/and dotforward > Qmail includes support only for maildir format. > Fine if you have > decided to go all-maildir; a pain otherwise. Again, > there may be a > patch. false - qmail supports /var/spool/mail, $HOME/Mailbox and Maildir style deliveries http://cr.yp.to/qmail/sendmail.html qmail's default is ~/Mailbox and maildir is an option (IMHO maildir is the way to go ) Patches: Because of Dan's licensing (see below), > third-party qmail > patches effectively never get regression tested > against one another. i agree, but most people don't need most of the patches ( i.e. diff. people diff. need ) > > Arguments based on security history are dubious, for > multiple reasons > including failure to take into account fundamental > changes after some > past incidents. (If one were to judge MUAs on the > basis of past > exploits, then the newest MUA would automatically > win without regard to > merit.) well the basic flow in SENDMAIL is the design, any changes will be futile if they can't get the design correctly ( i.e. postfix and qmail) > > Build problems: Exim is/was reputed to use a rather > eccentric and brittle > Makefile setup. (Can't comment, and if this was > true, I'm not sure it > still is.) Qmail suffers the peculiarity that DJB > doesn't believe in > automake/autoconf _at all_, and consequently his > coding style is really > whacked and difficult to read, let alone port. it's about style, qmail is ported to MOST/almost ALL UNIX platform, and qmail is the most easiest to install from source ( as to my opinion,your's may differ) > Both Qmail and Postfix have easy virtual host > support, and in general > have administrative characteristics that scale well > to large sites. > Exim's configuration/administration is perfect for > small sites. > The configuration files for qmail one either loves > or hates; they're > eccentric, in any event. I agree - but i do love the style but this is again about opinion and style > > Qmail's mail spool cannot be backed up or migrated > to a different host, > because it uses inode numbers. (Dan feels this is > justified for > performance reasons.) Not true anymore. hrmm postfix too right http://www.postfix.org/faq.html#copying qmail's queue can be backup use qmail-queue fix or qmail-queue repair http://www.qmail.org > > Last, of course, qmail is the only one of the four > under a proprietary > licence -- let us just clear this thing up, most people think that you _can't_ modify qmail's source which is wrong. ANYONE can modify the source and give/share their modification to anyone in form of a patch, THIS is your RIGHT given by US law. qmail's source is out you can look at it modify it and even deploy it, no one is stoping you, it doesn't even force you to submit your changes back if you deploy it ( ala GPL ) but please give him credit qmail is DJB's work all he ask is that you don't distribute modified qmail and call it qmail ( i think as for my opinion is like you people shouting on the street saying LINUS don't let those proprietary non gpl'd third party driver in the linux kernel, it's against the GPL ) the main consequence of which is that the > project cannot be > forked, and that if/when Dan loses interest or dies, > without some > additional licence grant the package will become > effectively > unmaintainable and a dead project. things can continue via patches. visit www.nrg4u.com for an example Dek likot at yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
