On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Tom wrote:
> Well, considering VMailer has never been released yet, and has only been
> seen by a small number of people, with no idea when if ever it might be
> release, I'm surprised anyone took it seriously. It's called
> "vapourware", and it ain't just for Microsoft anymore.
Technically, vapourware doesn't exist. Postfix does exist, and runs
quite well, just not in very many places (I can guarantee it runs in at
least a dozen though).
IBM's lawyers apparently haven't gotten very good at giving things away
yet (but it seems they're getting lots of practice these days :) ), and most
of the delay for the last couple of months has been due to legal stuff
(Patent searches, trademark searches...), VMailer was thought to be too close
to another trademark, hence the name change to Postfix, though I think the
official product name will be something totally silly like
"IBM Secure Internet Mail".
As far as taking it seriously, Wietse has a good history of producing
excellent results.
Paul
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