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Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance.

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The challenge with Postfix, or with any piece of software, is to update software without introducing problems.

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I want to avoid locking people into solutions that work only with Postfix. People should have a choice in what software they want to use with Postfix, be it anti-virus or otherwise.

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My reply is: the software has no known bugs, therefore it has not been updated.

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Most of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.

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Defect-free software does not exist.

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This will surprise some of your readers, but my primary interest is not with computer security. I am primarily interested in writing software that works as intended.

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As of today, the Postfix mail transport agent has almost 50,000 lines of code, comments not included.

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However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe - that is, software that behaves reasonably under adverse conditions.

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Writing software that's safe even in the presence of bugs makes the challenge even more interesting.

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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