I whole heartedly agree. To look at the source and patches and all, it's 
pretty ugly. I'd sure hate to assemble a qmail system from scratch.

I do like the architectural design of qmail though. Very modular. I've toyed 
with the idea of writing a next-generation MTA, maybe called rmail (r comes 
after q and stands for Ruby!).

tickticker wrote:
> Eric,
> 
> My opinion is most assuradley dated!  And you are correct, the add-ons 
> do add value.  However, as fantastic as contributors have made qmail 
> toaster, nothing would beat updating the source.
> 
> Tickticker
> 
>>>
>>> Qmail is horrible to setup, and the gentleman who wrote it hasn't 
>>> updated it in years, and the custom licensing will not allow addition 
>>> of any of the NUMEROUS fixes and updates or a new version (last time 
>>> i bothered to look) to the source.  Might work great at sending mail, 
>>> but not worth the effort IMHO (even with that toaster setup, if it's 
>>> still around).
>>
>>
>> I think this is a dated opinion. Installing the toaster today is 
>> simply a matter of running a few scripts (granted, it can take a while 
>> to compile everything). It also includes simscan, spamassassin, 
>> clamav, and a host of other add-ons that are already added in.
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