From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 09:35:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF02437B401 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:35:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Chow.corp.media.net (rottie.media.net [66.113.65.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AE4143F93 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:35:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from max.clark@media.net) Received: from MCLARK (76.0.6.10.IN-ADDR.ARPA [10.6.0.76]) by Chow.corp.media.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with SMTP id HIFPWC00.9I9; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:31:24 -0700 From: "Max Clark" To: "Tom Samplonius" Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:40:39 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Ideal mail server: qmail or postfix X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:35:42 -0000 > Yahoo-MTA is based on Qmail, but bares little resemblance to Qmail >now. It looks like every single SMTP response has been changed, except >for "354 go ahead". Plus, Yahoo-MTA supports SIZE and recipient >verification. Yes which is a testimate to qmail's flexibility. You can easily customize the response codes as well as the SIZE/recipient verification in the control files. Look at http://develooper.com/code/qpsmtpd/ it is a drop in replacement for the smtpd daemon written in perl (ever want to write your own plugin to a mail server? here is the framework). Max -----Original Message----- From: Tom Samplonius [mailto:tom@sdf.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:39 AM To: Max Clark Cc: James Godwin; freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Ideal mail server: qmail or postfix On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Max Clark wrote: > It should be pointed out... > > Yahoo mail (how many million users do you think they have?) is running > qmail-ldap. The Maildir's are on NetApp filers, the lists are running > exmlm-idx, the web interface seems to be based off of sqWebMail, and the > ldap backend is Novell. ... Yahoo-MTA is based on Qmail, but bares little resemblance to Qmail now. It looks like every single SMTP response has been changed, except for "354 go ahead". Plus, Yahoo-MTA supports SIZE and recipient verification. Tom