Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-03-06 Thread Istvan Prosinger
On 2017-02-12 19:06, wie...@porcupine.org wrote: Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. Sorry for the late reply, but here's a Thanks from me too, to you and all the contributors. Best, Istvan

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-17 Thread Daniel Bareiro
On 12/02/17 15:06, Wietse Venema wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > After coming to IBM research in November 1996, I spent most of > December and January making notes on paper. I knew that writing a > mail system was more work than any of my prior projec

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-16 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Wietse Venema : > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > After coming to IBM research in November 1996, I spent most of > December and January making notes on paper. I knew that writing a > mail system was more work than any of my prior projects. I think I used pos

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-15 Thread John Allen
Many thanks to Dr. Venema for all the hard work he has done in developing one of the greatest software programs around. I would also like to thank him (together with many others) for his unending patience in answering my, sometimes moronic, questions. Thank you very much. John A On 2017-02

RE: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-14 Thread Fazzina, Angelo
11:55 AM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: Postfix 20 years ago Wietse, Congratulations on the anniversary (or is that birthday). And thank you for all the hard work! Miles Fidelman On Feb 12, 2017 21:07, "Wietse Venema" mailto:wie...@porcupine.org>> wrote: Last

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Wietse, Congratulations on the anniversary (or is that birthday). And thank you for all the hard work! Miles Fidelman On Feb 12, 2017 21:07, "Wietse Venema" > wrote: Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. After coming to IBM

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-14 Thread Stephen Satchell
On Feb 12, 2017 21:07, "Wietse Venema" wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > After coming to IBM research in November 1996, I spent most of > December and January making notes on paper. I knew that writing a > mail system was more work than any of my prior

RE: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-14 Thread Paul A
I first started using postfix around 1998 to handle mail for a small privately help ISP I still work for today in MA. It’s been a pleasure using your software, it’s simple well written and to me the best MTA there is. Like others I remember being frustrated at the other MTA, especially when I wa

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-14 Thread
Hi Thanks you for all efforts on postfix. But actual thanks goes to your patience. Becouse, if i have a question i know you have an answer even if i do not have any idea what is the problem. On Feb 12, 2017 21:07, "Wietse Venema" wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Po

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-14 Thread Nitin N
Dear Wietse, I have been using Postfix since 2005/6 when I moved away from Qmail. It has simply been a pleasure to use Postfix for its robustness, simplicity, security and stability. You, for creating Postfix, and the other contributors, have been a blessing for a lot of people out there who woul

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-14 Thread Eray Aslan
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 09:57:56AM +0100, Patrick Ben Koetter wrote: > Postfix is Postfix because you made it that way. It breathes your spirit, > Wietse - your standards, your strictness and your mindset. I've learned a lot > from you over all the years. > > Postfix is my role model for good soft

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Homer Wilson Smith
Yeah, no truer words ever said. Homer Wilson Smith Clean Air, Clear Water,Art Matrix - Lightlink (607) 277-0959 A Green Earth, and Peace, Internet, Ithaca NY ho...@lightlink.com Is that too much to ask?

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread John Stoffel
Wietse, Thank you so much for postfix. I'm a recovering Sendmail user and I thank you every day. I've been migrating my $WORK servers to postfix too, and it just makes life much much much simpler. John

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Wietse Venema
Noel Jones: > On 2/12/2017 12:06 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > > Goodness, how time flies. Thank you for postfix, and for > demonstrating excellence always. I've learned a lot here. > > Do postcards sent to the IBM Watson addr

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Michael Grimm
Jesper Dybdal wrote: > every Postfix upgrade I've done has been a trouble-free success. ACK. I started to use postfix 10 years ago without having troubles during an update/upgrade to a newer version, ever. Congratulations and thanks for that wonderful piece of software! With kind regards, M

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Mike
On 2/12/2017 1:06 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. Many thanks for the amazing Postfix. The quality and functionality of the software is among the best. Mike.

Fwd: Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Ashok Kumar J
Really i love postfix , its mature, wealth and its wealth of users. Both grows enourmosly. -- Forwarded message -- From: "Noel Jones" Date: Feb 13, 2017 11:07 PM Subject: Re: Postfix 20 years ago To: Cc: On 2/12/2017 12:06 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > Last month it

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Noel Jones
On 2/12/2017 12:06 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. Goodness, how time flies. Thank you for postfix, and for demonstrating excellence always. I've learned a lot here. Do postcards sent to the IBM Watson address in AAAREADME still fin

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Jesper Dybdal
On 2017-02-12 19:06, Wietse Venema wrote: Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. Having done a little digging among old files, I've just realized that I've been using Postfix since autumn 2000 (or perhaps earlier). I don't even think I was aware at that time that

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Larry Stone
I’ll add my thanks as well. Looking through my email archive, I first signed up for this list in 2008. As other have said, one of Postfix’s strengths is its excellent documentation which has led me to configure Postfix to meet my needs while understanding why it does that and how I can make it

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread /dev/rob0
On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 09:16:16PM +, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 01:06:42PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > > > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > > It is good to see thanks from users who've been with you all for > almost the entire time

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Luciano Mannucci
On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 13:06:42 -0500 (EST) wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. We're getting elderly, are'nt we? :-) ;-) :) BTW, thamks fore the great job you're still doing! Cheers, Luciano. -- /"\

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Marcio Merlone
Em 12/02/2017 20:16, mar...@fredo.co.uk escreveu: In all the years I cannot think of any other software I have used that has maintained such an extraordinarily high standard of functionality, stability, security and usability. (I started hosting in 1994). Your work has been, and is, a key part

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Marcio Merlone
Em 12/02/2017 16:06, Wietse Venema escreveu: Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. After coming to IBM research in November 1996, I spent most of December and January making notes on paper. I knew that writing a mail system was more work than any of my prior projects

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Patrick Ben Koetter, 13.02.2017 09:57 +0100: > I owe you a lot! Seconded, thank you Wietse! -- Regards mks

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Tamer Higazi
Dear Wietse, Thank you very much for this wonderful MTA system you have developed and maintained over the years. You did a wonderful and great job, and your software made the internet really come to live. With support of the latest technologies like DANE and DNSSEC, PFS you made secure communicat

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-13 Thread Patrick Ben Koetter
* Wietse Venema : > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > After coming to IBM research in November 1996, I spent most of > December and January making notes on paper. I knew that writing a > mail system was more work than any of my prior projects. Eversince I discov

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread jose-marcio martins da cruz
On 02/12/2017 07:06 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. After coming to IBM research in November 1996, I spent most of December and January making notes on paper. I knew that writing a mail system was more work than any of my prior projects

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 12.02.2017 um 19:06 schrieb Wietse Venema: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > After coming to IBM research in November 1996, I spent most of > December and January making notes on paper. I knew that writing a > mail system was more work than any of my prior p

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread ghe
On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 13:28:17 -0500 D'Arcy Cain wrote: > On 2017-02-12 01:06 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: > > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > > Congratulations and thanks! Me too, as they say :-) A reasonably straightforward, secure, and reliable piece of softw

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Voytek
On 13 February 2017 9:16:18 AM AEDT, mar...@fredo.co.uk wrote: >Dear Wietse, > >In all the years I cannot think of any other software I have used that >has maintained such an >extraordinarily high standard of functionality, stability, security and >usability. >(I started hosting in 1994). > >You

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread markjt
Dear Wietse, In all the years I cannot think of any other software I have used that has maintained such an extraordinarily high standard of functionality, stability, security and usability. (I started hosting in 1994). Your work has been, and is, a key part of my humble Internet career. Many

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 01:06:42PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. It is good to see thanks from users who've been with you all for almost the entire time. By that standard, I came on board late, when Bennett Todd introduced me to

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Phil Stracchino
On 02/12/17 13:48, Ralph Seichter wrote: > On 12.02.17 19:06, Wietse Venema wrote: > >> Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > > Kudos, and thank you for freeing me (and consequently my customers) of > Exim and Sendmail. ;-) Postfix is one of the most useful softwar

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Michael Ströder
Wietse Venema wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. Wietse, don't remember the exact date but probably a couple of months after your first release I've migrated a company's mail servers to postfix. postfix was chosen after reading some of your comments som

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Josh Good
On 2017 Feb 12, 13:06, Wietse Venema wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > After coming to IBM research in November 1996, I spent most of > December and January making notes on paper. I knew that writing a > mail system was more work than any of my prior pro

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 12.02.2017 um 19:06 schrieb Wietse Venema: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. > After coming to IBM research in November 1996, I spent most of > December and January making notes on paper. I knew that writing a > mail system was more work than any of my prior p

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 12.02.17 19:06, Wietse Venema wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. Kudos, and thank you for freeing me (and consequently my customers) of Exim and Sendmail. ;-) Postfix is one of the most useful software systems I have the pleasure of working with, and t

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Ron Wheeler
A great contribution to the Internet. Your 20 years of fantastic support and sustained commitment has made Postix successful. Thanks Ron On 12/02/2017 1:12 PM, Dominic Raferd wrote: On 12 February 2017 at 18:06, Wietse Venema wrote: Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Post

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread D'Arcy Cain
On 2017-02-12 01:06 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code. Congratulations and thanks! -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain System Administrator, Vex.Net http://www.Vex.Net/ IM:da...@vex.net VoIP: sip:da...@vex.net

Re: Postfix 20 years ago

2017-02-12 Thread Dominic Raferd
On 12 February 2017 at 18:06, Wietse Venema wrote: > Last month it was 20 years ago that I started writing Postfix code... Amazing what a mighty oak has grown from such an acorn. Thanks to you for the original planting and to all those, including you, who have nurtured its growth, and continue to