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Date:      Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:45:10 +0800 (WST)
From:      David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
To:        David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca>
Cc:        Clayton Milos <clay@milos.co.za>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [OT] Which one is best MTA for me?
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.58.0708291344440.5727@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <0E2106E8-A854-4C68-BDAE-FE07EC0CC7F6@ee.ryerson.ca>
References:  <1188321463.2041.3.camel@viola.izb.knu.ac.kr> <20070828172333.GA87607@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <00db01c7e99b$85d65f50$dd8dcb54@claylaptop> <0E2106E8-A854-4C68-BDAE-FE07EC0CC7F6@ee.ryerson.ca>

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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, David Magda wrote:

> On Aug 28, 2007, at 13:46, Clayton Milos wrote:
>
> > I use qmail with vpopmail not because it's necessarily the best MTA
> > but because I know it backwards. I've patched it and tweaked it so
> > it runs like lightning but all the patching and tweaking tought me
> > the guts of how it runs. If something goes wrong (which has
> > happened two or three times) I can get the system back up in a
> > flash, often before people realized that anything did go wrong.
>
> What happens if you win the lottery and decide to leave your place of
> employment? What does the organization do when the next person comes
> in and there's this high-specialized set up?

On the upside, you're now irreplaceable and can't be fired.

David Adam
zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au




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