Re: Planning Mail Server (with low resources)

[rodrigob at suespammers.org (Rodrigo Barbosa)]

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On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 06:08:20PM -0500, Chris Mauritz wrote:
> >So yes, you are right, Postfix was developed from scratch. But you
> >are wrong when you say qmail was not the basis for postfix.
> >
> 
> I suspect Wietse would take issue with your definition of "comes from."  

I hope he would. That is why I didn't say "comes from", which would mean
it was derived from qmail. It was not.

> That's like saying "Mr. X started out writing device driver patches for 
> the linux kernel...so any subsequent software he writes must come from 
> Linux."  

That is not what I said, as I'm sure you know, since you read it.

> Postfix is VERY different than qmail.  

Care to compare Exim with S/Mail ? They are VERY different. Never
the less, S/Mail was the basis of Exim.

Just check pre-1.0 versions of both (Postfix and Exim) and you
will see what I mean.

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