Wietse Venema

Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#becoming #documentation #lack #problem

Like all software, Qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#keeps #like #only #requirements #software

Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#business #code #effort #exists #goes

My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#bugs #known #reply #software #therefore

One bug in an SMTP server can open up the whole machine for intrusion. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#intrusion #machine #open #server #up

Postfix keeps running even if one Postfix process dies; Windows requires that someone restarts the service. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#even #keeps #postfix #process #requires

Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions, even when the software does not ship with their system software. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#does #even #fine #licensing #out

The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#challenge #introducing #piece #postfix #problems

The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#keeping #model #postfix #security #simple

This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended. ↗

— Wietse Venema

#computer #i #i am #intended #interest