From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 29 06:06:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9466F16A418 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:06:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Received: from asclepius2.uwa.edu.au (asclepius3.uwa.edu.au [130.95.128.60]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13CAB13C46E for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:06:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Received: from kas30pipe.localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by panacea.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5CBE89DB1 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:21 +0800 (WST) Received: from panacea (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by panacea.prekas (Postfix) with SMTP id F2131896C5 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:17 +0800 (WST) X-UWA-Client-IP: 130.95.13.9 (UWA) Received: from mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [130.95.13.9]) by panacea.extinput (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF448892EB for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:17 +0800 (WST) Received: by mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix, from userid 801) id 0B8AB367EE; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:13 +0800 (WST) Received: from mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [130.95.13.18]) by mooneye.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B9E5367E6; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:13 +0800 (WST) Received: from zanchey (helo=localhost) by mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au with local-esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IQGMZ-0008Pp-00; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:11 +0800 Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:10 +0800 (WST) From: David Adam To: David Magda In-Reply-To: <0E2106E8-A854-4C68-BDAE-FE07EC0CC7F6@ee.ryerson.ca> Message-ID: References: <1188321463.2041.3.camel@viola.izb.knu.ac.kr> <20070828172333.GA87607@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <00db01c7e99b$85d65f50$dd8dcb54@claylaptop> <0E2106E8-A854-4C68-BDAE-FE07EC0CC7F6@ee.ryerson.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 1415 [August 28 2007] X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release Cc: Clayton Milos , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] Which one is best MTA for me? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:06:33 -0000 On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, David Magda wrote: > On Aug 28, 2007, at 13:46, Clayton Milos wrote: > > > I use qmail with vpopmail not because it's necessarily the best MTA > > but because I know it backwards. I've patched it and tweaked it so > > it runs like lightning but all the patching and tweaking tought me > > the guts of how it runs. If something goes wrong (which has > > happened two or three times) I can get the system back up in a > > flash, often before people realized that anything did go wrong. > > What happens if you win the lottery and decide to leave your place of > employment? What does the organization do when the next person comes > in and there's this high-specialized set up? On the upside, you're now irreplaceable and can't be fired. David Adam zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au