Re: [Xen-users] mail server on a xen guest?

["Peter Peltonen" <peter.peltonen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all and thanks for your replies,

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter Peltonen wrote:
>>
>> I'm building a new qmail based mail server. I now have a quad-core
>>
>
> *WHY*??? Qmail has many cool technical features, but it's licensing has been
> extremely burdensome, as has its packaging. Mr. Bernstein has relented and
> placed his work in the public domain, but it languished for years for that
> reason. Debugging it in any environment without your own sophisticated
> sys-geek to work around Mr. Bernstein's policies is.... awkward.

Because qmail works well for me (it's been very reliable) and I know
how to administrate it. And there are nice communities around that
provide tools/SRPMs for installing/upgrading it easily, for example
http://www.qmailtoaster.com

Regards,
Peter

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