Oops.

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Wed May 26 10:31:56 PDT 2004


On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 01:32:50PM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> > I was stupid: I installed qmail, and forgot to replace the stock
> > sendmail binary with the one it supplies.  When I found all the mail
> > laying around... I ran the queue.  
> 
> 50 lashes!  :)

Ouch!!!

> > In retrospect, this may not have been the most productive solution.
> 
> It was -really- productive!  ~280 * ~18  (at rough counts)

Imagine the number of bounces I got...

> I was wondering if you were really THAT backlogged until I looked at the
> subject iines and recognised some old threads.
> 
> Is qmail any good, and why'd you switch?

It's ok, but djb's a weirdo, and the licensing reflects it.  I'm
switching to postfix, as soon as I learn it.

Cheers,
-- jra
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