Oops.

[Bill Vermillion]

On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 01:31:56PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth thus spoke:
> 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!!!

Was your queue stuck THAT long.  One message I got on this list
today had a March 2003 date on it.  I'd have thought you might have
noticed it after 14 months :-) [I'm betting on that one it was a
clock setting].

> > > 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.

And what caused you to switch from sendmail to qmail?  

And you comment of "djb's a weirdo" has to be a major
understatement.

Bill

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