Re: Bug#457318: ITP: qmail -- a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent

This one time, at band camp, Wouter Verhelst said:
> 
> I'd agree that there are way better ones out there. But I'd also say
> that it doesn't really matter which is best, and that this type of
> behaviour is quite childish. As long as qmail is free, packaged
> properly, and integrates well with the rest of Debian, I don't see why
> anyone should oppose its packaging.
> 
> Whether or not it's a good MTA, the fact is that it's a *popular* MTA.
> That alone should be a good reason to package it.

I don't agree with this, actually.  qmail is so poorly designed it can't
stay running without a supervisor, and in it's default state is a
giant producer of backscatter.  I believe Debian is about quality
software, not just popular software, and those two reasons alone are
sufficient for me to say qmail fails the "quality" test.

Take care,
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