Re: Bug#265762: ITP: tpop3d -- tpop3d is a fast, extensible, secure UNIX POP3 server
Hi,
* Rolandas Juodzbalis (rolandas@home.lt) [040814 22:40]:
> Upstream Author : Chris Lightfoot <chris@ex-parrot.com>
> * URL : http://www.ex-parrot.com/~chris/tpop3d/
> * License : GPL
> Description : tpop3d is a fast, extensible, secure UNIX POP3 server
>
> tpop3d is yet another POP3 server. It is intended to be fast,
> extensible, and secure. Supported authentication mechanisms: pam,
> passwd, mysql, ldap, perl, external program. tpop3d supports
> POP-before-SMTP, DRAC, WHOSON, BSD-format mailspools with index caching
> and Maildir.
I can currently count at least these servers than can support pop3
courier-pop
dovecot-pop3d
ipopd
libroxen-pop3
qpopper
solid-pop3d
teapop
xmail
Is there any reason why tpop3d should be better than any of those? And
if so, which of these servers can we drop IYO? Please don't understand
me wrong, but we already have an incredible amount of software in
Debian. If I look at the list of orphaned packages, or at the list of
long-standing RC-bugs (currently 167 in sarge, much more in sid), than
it seems sometimes to me that we have too many than too less packages.
Please don't take this personal. It's not meant as an vote about your
package, but more like a general remark that's also valid for this
package.
Cheers,
Andi
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