[Gllug] Unix Mailbox format / Exchange POP3 connector etc.

[Bruce Richardson]

On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:54:33PM +0000, Nix wrote:
> It's a DJB (loner) versus Venema (opposite of loner) kind of thing. DJB
> wants to produce what's *right* and pays no attention to things like
> what *works* or what the rest of the world is doing that might be only
> slightly worse in the process (e.g. the whole /commands mess...)
> 
> Weitse is happier for his systems to cooperate with existing systems
> that he hasn't written; he doesn't have the huge NIH chip on his
> shoulder than DJB appears to have.

And for a core internet service like e-mail, DJB's approach just doesn't
cut it.  The only approach that makes sense is to be tolerant of what
other systems send you and strict about what you send them.  This is
definitely one case where DJB's attitude adversely affects the quality
of his software.  Qmail has been accused of destructive behaviour to
other systems, notably flooding remote systems if it's brought up with a
large backlog to clear.


-- 
Bruce

Those who cast the votes decide nothing.  Those who count the
votes decide everything. -- Joseph Stalin
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