At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.
Postfix keeps running even if one Postfix process dies; Windows requires that someone restarts the service. - Wietse Venema
Postfix keeps running even if one Postfix process dies; Windows requires that someone restarts the service.
- Wietse Venema
When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause. - Wietse Venema
When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.
One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion. - Wietse Venema
One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion.
I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix… - Wietse Venema
I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix…
Defect-free software does not exist. - Wietse Venema
Defect-free software does not exist.
Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements. - Wietse Venema
Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements.
Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their … - Wietse Venema
Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their …
My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated. - Wietse Venema
My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated.
The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems. - Wietse Venema
The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems.
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