Re: a couple of postfix questions
On Wednesday 08 December 2004 14:35, "W.D.McKinney" <dee@akwireless.net>
wrote:
> Hmm, meaning Hotmail, Yahoo and others run three legged mules ? :-)
It's just a pity that hotmail and yahoo have so many users that it's
inconvenient to block them entirely.
> No worries, this list is about Debian and we really like Debian. Not
> married to any MTA, just need some.
Qmail is not in Debian. Even the qmail-src package is no longer in Debian.
This makes it significantly more difficult to manage Qmail Debian servers.
If you want a reliable server then it's a really good idea to stick with
software that's in the distribution whenever possible. Preferrably use one
of the more common options too. Postfix and Exim are both commonly used in
Debian, it's most likely that someone else will encounter bugs before you do
and they will be fixed before you upgrade.
> "Bloated" means overweight, non essential and not availble to chuck out
> the window up here.
The way Debian generally works is that all the most commonly used features are
compiled in. This means that the vast majority of users can use binary
packages. Significant advantages are derived from this, there are situations
where minor changes in code (optimisation changes etc) can cause programs to
break. Using the same binaries as a million other people reduces the chance
that you will be the one to first encounter a bug.
Gentoo users like compiling everything specific to each installation. They
might get a few percent performance increase (but this is not guaranteed),
but they will definitely have more problems with reliability.
> "Rock Solid" means it's been so long long since we needed to make a
> change, it's easy to forget how.
That's because changing Qmail is a PITA.
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