Re: qmail.org DEAD?

Hi,

thanks to all!

However, just maintaining the content of some outdated software =
repositories with a lot of broken links is certainly not enough.=20

We need fresh start! (and a maintainer).

Regards.
--eh.=20

BTW: The outage of qmail.org (Russel Nelson's site) and DJB seems to be =
orchestrated. DJB refers already to mirrors here:
	http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html


> Am 01.07.2019 um 19:39 schrieb Amitai Schleier <[email protected]>:
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> On 1 Jul 2019, at 13:03, Ed wrote:
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>> Mirror is still working:
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>>  <http://www.usenix.org.uk/mirrors/qmail/top.html>
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> Cool, that matches what I managed to fetch from another mirror. I =
guess https://github.com/schmonz/qmail.org is up-to-date, then.
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> 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.
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>> It's a real shame that install laziness is winning as people opt for
>> Exim or Postfix.
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> Making qmail extremely easy to install, configure, and update has been =
an explicit goal of my efforts, most notably these:
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> - rejectutils: https://schmonz.com/qmail/rejectutils
> - acceptutils: https://schmonz.com/qmail/acceptutils
> - pkgsrc qmail-run: https://schmonz.com/qmail/pkgsrc-qmail-run
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> Some comments I've gotten from users:
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> - "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."
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> 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.
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> 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
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