Ken Yap wrote:
> A svc'ed qmail-smtpd with a cdb isn't that much harder to set
> up than an inetd version. For this particular site I've setup
> E-smith for, the volume of mail justifies a standalone daemon.
That would be an impressive amount of mail (or a tiny machine).
We handle our own mail through this setup. We have certainly
been talking about the pros/cons of using tcpserver instead
of or as well as {x,rl}inetd.
> Is there a good reason why qmail-smtpd is an inetd service?
It's actually an rlinetd service, and we have not yet found a
problem with rlinetd under load (as opposed to standard inetd,
which is a problem).
RedHat's move to xinetd for RH7 has reopened the discussion
about service startup.
Gordon
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