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[Carson Gaspar]

--On Wednesday, September 27, 2006 3:04 PM -0400 Barry Warsaw 
<barry at python.org> wrote:

> I'd like to know what you think about updating our Postfix virtual
> delivery hooks to use this technique, and about making Maildir
> delivery the default.  We'd keep the old way around for MTAs that
> don't support Maildir (which would be...?) but we'd deprecate that
> delivery mechanism.
>
> One thing I'm not sure of is the minimum version of Postfix this
> would tie us to.  On OS X 10.4 it looks like I've got Postfix 2.1.5
> and according to postconf, it supports the  necessary variables.

I love the idea. A fork/exec per message always makes me twitch... I have a 
feeling it would also provide better fault-tolerance, especially in a 
replicated filesystem cluster, where you have clear atomic behaviour at 
your disposal.

-- 
Carson