[TriLUG] status of email

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Fri, 2002-01-25 at 17:03, Christian J Hedemark wrote:
> Jon Carnes said:
> > Awesome... The only part of the plan I don't like is Qmail - because the
> > author refuses to release it as OpenSource.  I much rather prefer Postfix.
> > Not that I'm looking a gift Qmail install in the mouth (so to speak...).
> 
> +1.  Since this is for the LUG, I think the decision of what MTA to use
> should reflect the LUG's dedication to open source software.  While if it
> were my own box I might be more pragmatic about it and consider non-OSS
> solutions, I do think the LUG should be able to say that our services are
> provided 100% on OSS.

-1, I don't agree with that as a valid reason for what software
we should use.  I believe there are other reasons to use
open source/free software, but I don't think we have to absolutely,
positively, 100%, 24/7 be only approved(tm) open source
software.  I think we *should* be pragmatic and use whatever
works the best.

I personally use qmail and like it quite a bit.  I haven't
yet found any other mail program that will do everything 
qmail will (if anyone can suggest something, please do).
And qmail rocks on underpowered hardware.

Tanner
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