Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 16:16:57 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: D J Bernstein (was Re: quote about open source) Message-ID: <20010203161657.P94275@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102030902300.36491-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>; from dscheidt@enteract.com on Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:04:42AM -0600 References: <20010203135902.M94275@lpt.ens.fr> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102030902300.36491-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
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David Scheidt said on Feb 3, 2001 at 09:04:42: > On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > :some of the internet's busiest servers too. It hasn't been updated > :since 1997, but then it hasn't needed updating. > > That's less than accurate. Most large qmail installations have patched > djb's distribution. To remove bugs/security holes, or to add features? It seemed to me that the bare qmail package contains everything one needs for a typical email server. About the only thing I didn't like about it was that if it needs to deliver two copies of a message to the same host, for two different recipients, it makes two SMTP connections. But for the sort of set-up I was using it for, this didn't really matter. Maybe large providers like yahoo need more features, though. > :back in 1999 DJB actually wrote a bind replacement, and djbdns > :actually works beautifully, judging by many user reports. > > It's substantially less well featured than bind. Possible -- I haven't looked carefully at either. And DJB's licensing requirements mean it's harder for others to add those features -- but, as in the case of qmail, maybe it can be done via patches. R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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