On Fri, 02 Jul 1999, Michel Pelletier wrote:

Sorry for the interruption of service folks, sendmail is a daemon straight from hell.

Pun intended, right? The first thing I do when performing a new Unix/Linux install is blow away sendmail and install qmail. I'm not alone in this - e.g., apache.org and redhat.com have also made the switch. Sendmail: * One monolithic, Swiss Army Knife executable * Insanely complex configuration file * "Security patch of the week" * Open source qmail: * Individuated executables * Individuated, one-liner config files * Secure * Blazingly fast * Open source I was very happy to see that this year, Dr. Dobbs Journal delivered its Programming Excellence award to my two top programming heroes: Guido van Rossum (Python) and Dan Bernstein (qmail). :) Check out http://www.qmail.org