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[Jason Parker-Burlingham]

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Bruce Campbell <bc at humbug.org.au> writes:

> It depends how much you care about these options, and there are also some
> that you haven't covered.  What you should be looking for is:

> 	Administrators:
> 
> 		Installation:
> 			Dependency on particular MTAs?
> 			Dependency on privileged access (root)?
> 			Easy to read config files?
> 			Documentation?

I would add:

                Maintenance:
                        Is the source code under an acceptable
                                license?  Will you or someone you know
                                and trust be able to hack it to fit
                                your purposes if necessary?

                        Does the author or some other person still
                                maintain the code to keep it up to
                                date with standards and security
                                issues?  Are there regular updates
                                from them or your distribution vendor?
                                How do they respond to bug reports and
                                feature requests?

                        Is there a mailing list/newsgroup/whatever?
                                (Do they eat their own dog food?)
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