As of today, the postfix mail transport agent has almost 50,000 lines of code, comments not included. — Wietse Venema
I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls. — Wietse Venema
For many people my software is something that you install and forget. I like to keep it that way. — Wietse Venema
People should have a choice in what software they want to use with postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise. — Wietse Venema
That is probably where I learned to rely on multiple safety nets inside and around my systems. — Wietse Venema
Like all software, qmail can survive only when it keeps up with changing requirements. — Wietse Venema
Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists. — Wietse Venema
Postfix keeps running even if one postfix process dies; windows requires that someone restarts the service. — Wietse Venema
Qmail out of the box works fine, so people will want to use it regardless of licensing restrictions — Wietse Venema
The challenge with postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems. — Wietse Venema
Windows favors multi-threading, which means that a service is implemented by one single process. — Wietse Venema