Re: exim/postfix comparisons
Nate Duehr wrote:
Qmail is fast, and can handle an incredible amount of mail thrown at it,
I have heard and read that claim so many times but, after years of
having to admin qmail servers, have yet to seen it handle huge amounts
of mail with even half the grace that Postfix does. I regularly
encounter servers that had been compromised (usually via php or a weak
smtp password) and used for sending out massess of spam. 100,000
undeliverable mails in the queue and qmail just about stops functioning.
Even sendmail handles this more gracefully.
but it has some quirks that make it a real pain in the ass in
production. Mostly its bounce-handling.
Amen to that.
Add in that even if it's "Public Domain", the author never wnated to
work with the community to make it better... he just washed his hands of
it
You're letting him off lightly. He still maintains it is perfect,
doesn't need any of the new features, and is 100% secure. Forgive me
for thinking doesn't have to deal with any real busy production servers.
--kj
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