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I was thinking the same thing. I also wonder why more Linux distros do not include qmail. Other than having a few anachronisms, which can quickly be brought u
by tmoertel 17y ago
I was thinking the same thing. I also wonder why more Linux distros do not include qmail. Other than having a few anachronisms, which can quickly be brought up to modern times, it's a fast, secure, time-tested, and completely respectable mail system.
- neilc 17y agoGiven that Postfix and Exim have much friendlier upstream developers (qmail barely has a maintainer), I don't think it's a surprise that qmail is losing popularity.
- codeslinger 17y agoqmail itself is completely unmaintained and patches to it are actually rejected. net-qmail and others have sprung up to fill this void, but its got nowhere near the community surrounding it that Postfix does. Plus, qmail is very hard to use for someone just looking to send some mail, which is the common case (not the case qmail was designed for, either).