Re: qmail.org DEAD?

On 1 Jul 2019, at 13:03, Ed wrote:

> Mirror is still working:
>
>   <http://www.usenix.org.uk/mirrors/qmail/top.html>

Cool, that matches what I managed to fetch from another mirror. I guess 
https://github.com/schmonz/qmail.org is up-to-date, then.

What if we turned this into a git-backed ikiwiki site, with full history 
preserved, so those of us with motivation can continue maintaining it? 
If there's interest and perceived benefit, I'll gladly host it.

> It's a real shame that install laziness is winning as people opt for
> Exim or Postfix.

Making qmail extremely easy to install, configure, and update has been 
an explicit goal of my efforts, most notably these:

- rejectutils: https://schmonz.com/qmail/rejectutils
- acceptutils: https://schmonz.com/qmail/acceptutils
- pkgsrc qmail-run: https://schmonz.com/qmail/pkgsrc-qmail-run

Some comments I've gotten from users:

- "An awesome MTA finally has the awesome getting-started experience 
that it deserves."
- "Damn, you made it easy to get this stuff up and running."

This blog post about my recent work includes a video demo of building, 
installing, and starting qmail from source-based packages using pkgsrc 
on Debian 9: 
https://schmonz.com/2019/01/07/2018q4-qmail-updates-in-pkgsrc/  Needless 
to say, it's even easier and faster on platforms for which pkgsrc 
provides binary packages.

It's my hope that more folks who love qmail -- and more folks who might 
try qmail if it were easy to try -- find their way to pkgsrc and its 
qmail-run package. I've put a lot of care into it, and it would be 
gratifying to hear more stories from people who are using and 
appreciating it.
- Amitai