Re: Qmail vs. postfix

From: Devdas Bhagat (devdas@worldgatein.net)
Date: 07/30/01 

From: Devdas Bhagat <devdas@worldgatein.net>
To: "Jim" <mlist@budget.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Qmail vs. postfix
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:27:38 +0530
Message-Id: <01073012321706.10217@office.interoffice>

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Jim spewed into the ether:
<snip>
> I just have to say, the way this is written implies that qmail may have
> known holes in the code. I doubt you intended to say that, but it may be
> read that way. On the other hand, if you do know of holes in the qmail
> code, I'd love to know about it!
It wasn't meant to be that way. I have seen the postfix code, not the
qmail code.

> I have never used postfix, but qmail is a fantastic product. It's been
> version 1.03 since I started using it (over two years ago) and there are no
> known security problems. You do have to go through a bit of a process to
> set it up, but that's not an issue for anyone who desires a secure mail
> server. One thing that might be important to your decision: qmail is
Well, Postfix gives me that with much less trouble.

> definitely intended to be an internet mail server serving mail for a domain
> (or multiple domains). I believe setting it up to work otherwise can be
> difficult.
I was trying for exactly that, and I have no problems with hairy
configuration files. Though I personally prefer a simpler
configuration, its much harder to screw things up that way.

This isn't meant to be flame-bait, just my opinion. Feel free to
disagree.

Devdas Bhagat 

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