Re: orbs.org accuses qmail of mailbomb relaying!

[Michael T. Babcock]

If, however, you admit that it causes problems for sendmail installations, and
you admit that a lot of sites use sendmail, then you'll probably agree that
defining "good netizen" would include "limiting outgoing connections to a
particular MX" ... to some reasonable number (heck, you can detect what the
foreign MTA is when you connect usually ... )

Adam McKenna wrote:

> What it does is make sendmail look bad.  qmail can easily handle a flood of
> incoming connections (if it is being run through tcpserver).  It will coolly
> defer all incoming connections until a slot opens up.  IMHO this is an
> important feature, and the fact that sendmail doesn't handle incoming
> connections as gracefully is not an excuse to bash qmail.