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Postfix's Wietse Venema Interviewed

Posted by timothy on from the better-than-the-usps dept.

wrochal points to Brazilian site Linux IT's interview with Postfix creator Wietse Venema, writing "This interview approaches his private life, projects and the future of postfix and other MTAs."

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  1. From a software developers point of view... by andawyr · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...I would highly recommend taking some time and reading the postfix code, especially if you're considering constructing software using a client-server model. The code is very clean, well written, and quite easy to understand.

    The code is very object-oriented, even tho it was written in 'C'. The process framework taught me a *lot* about how you develop multi-process applications - combined with APUE (Richard Stevens' book(s)) Postfix can be a great learning tool.

    Regarding the MTA itself, I installed it about 4 years ago, and except for minor patch upgrades every now and then, I have had no issues with Postfix at all. Granted, I'm not dumping a lot of mail into it, but still - it's quite simple to configure, and you can even understand the configuration file, unlike Sendmail....