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"Qmail is too old to be useable..."

With regard to age, both qmail and Postfix were written around 1998.

For my purposes, qmail works just fine. I use it; therefore it is "useable".

For me, Postfix is overkill. Not fact, just my opinion. Personal preference.

In the event I want to change something, I find it easier to modify and recompile qmail than I do to modify and recompile Postfix.

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ForHackernews11y ago

> With regard to age, both qmail and Postfix were written around 1998.

Postfix has been updated (latest stable release February 8, 2015). Qmail doesn't get updated because DJB considers it complete (last [official] stable release June 15, 1998). There are custom third-party patches you can compile into qmail, so I guess those could be considered updates.

blueskin_11y ago

>Is this your opinion, or fact?

Well, it depends on the feature set you need, but to a level that most people might consider fact.

From memory, no support for TLS connections, SMTP AUTH, or SPF/DKIM on mail. That, plus it has very limited support in general and needs an arcane collection of patches to remain workable.

Other mail servers can work around its restrictions, yes, but that doesn't make it fit for purpose.

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