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The sad tale of qmail

Posted Aug 24, 2006 5:02 UTC (Thu) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582)
In reply to: The sad tale of qmail by felixfix
Parent article: A comparison of Mail Transfer Agents - Part One

I agree. qmail revolutionised the world of MTAs and for that we should thank DJB. Today it is a pain: it doesn't even compile without patches.

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Posted Aug 31, 2006 16:46 UTC (Thu) by RussNelson (guest, #27730) [Link]

Only because glibc isn't backwards compatible. Let's point the finger at the party that deserves the blame.