Peter,
Of course you can do all of these things. It isn't that difficult either.
But it would be nice if I didn't have to patch the program to install a
filter. I know how to patch the program. I know C, and can figure out
how the patch works, etc. I am a new qmail administrator and had it set
up with plenty of usefull patches in less than a week (about 36 hours of
billable work, actually). My small site (60 users or so) works great.
Qmail needs to grow and evolve. A new version number does not need to be
a security update. The most important reason for the common patches and
support programs to be incorporated into the distribution is that this
allows for a standard distribution that can be tested for security flaws.
Sure qmail 1.03 is secure. Is *my* version with all of the patches
secure?
Furthermore, another thread of conversation is concerning the
Documentation. It needs to be updated. It needs in BIG FSCKING LETTERS
DO NOT USE inet.d. An expereinced administrator knows this allready. I
am not an idiot and did not rely on one source of documentation to install
qmail. Most people ARE idiots.
There is nothing wrong with incorporating common patches into the
distribution. This is how open source development works.
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