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by astrodust 4117 days ago
Software needs to be in a state of permanent development because nothing is static. Operating systems change. Usage patterns change.

Seeing Qmail rot on the vine is heart-breaking, but that's exactly what happened.

I used to use Qmail exclusively, but over time it got harder and harder to install an up-to-date version of it, requiring more and more "unofficial" patches to get it actually working. After too much of that I gave up and went with Postfix.

I don't want "mailing lists", I don't want Bugzilla, I don't want SourceForge. I want people that respond to something like GitHub issues where the interaction is painless and productive.