Re: eQmail or s/qmail

Hi,


On Mon, 16 May 2016 22:48:16 +0530, Manvendra Bhangui <[email protected]> wrote :

> qmail uses hardcoded uid/gids generated during make. This makes it
> unsuitable to deploy RPM/debs. You also cannot backup the binaries and
> restore it on another machine, unless the qmail users and groups are
> exactly the same as that on the machine where the qmail binary was
> compiled.

Yes, and with s/qmail it is solved by means of the /package installation tools.
I guess, Dan - at that time - had GUID and GGID settings in mind. 

> 
> > That is why it
> > takes a specialist to use qmail and they are invariably in short
> > supply.
> >
> qmail is far easier to administer than sendmail and postifix. No crazy
> syntax. Just plain simple text files in /var/qmail/control. Just
> follow the excellent guide LWQ from Dave Sill.

Ack. Within s/qmail I follow that path; though unfortunately, in particular TLS settings can be 
quite complicated. What I try to do, is to maintain precise man pages. 

regards.
--eh.