Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 16:02:05 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net> Cc: Courtney Thomas <ccthomas@flash.net>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: qmail (Was: Maintaining Access Control Lists ) Message-ID: <3C9DF87D.5050306@cream.org> References: <F61GQUEYvZmDvHbYxPo0000a6bd@hotmail.com> <20020323002608.B20699@rain.macguire.net> <3C9C84CF.2090300@flash.net> <20020323084327.A354@rain.macguire.net>
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[Moved from -questions] Benjamin Krueger wrote: > > Barring that, network daemons that run out of inetd can use tcp wrappers (the >/etc/hosts.allow system). This has a flexible system for configuring access to >various daemons from the network, however has the unfortunate achilles heel of being >entirely dependant on inetd to pick up traffic for it and spawn a new instance of >the daemon to run it. I've heard reports of tcpserver of qmail fame doing the same >thing, and even with some speed gains, but I'm not a big fan of the author or his works. >hosts_options(5) for more information. > Benjamin, I was interested about what you said about qmail and its author. I've recently started playing with qmail to investigate what mail server I prefer, but I agree that there is perhaps something a little strange about its author. I don't know what, perhaps its just that I find qmail.org such a weird site. What's your take on the situation? Andrew. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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