Hotmail (was Re: [Wylug-help] Miscellaneous Linux problems)

["Andrew Basterfield" <nospam [at] mailandnews.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Nigel Metheringham <Nigel.Metheringham [at] vdata.co.uk>
To: Richard <richard [at] sheflug.co.uk>
Cc: Sheffield Linux User's Group <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>;
<Nigel.Metherhingham [at] vdata.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Wylug-help] Miscellaneous Linux problems


> Wrong diagnosis.
> The header trace I have shows it was sent straight to us from hotmail's
> machines (which run qmail I see... nice to see MS using their own
> products in critical locations).

Hotmail runs FreeBSD/Apache/qmail

Microsoft aren't stupid. They know it would be _soooo_ much hassle to run
such a huge site under NT so they take the easy (sensible) way out....
If they were running NT then 1 bluescreen per month per PC means a lot of
technical support......

--
If you can't do it well - learn to enjoy doing it badly

Andrew Basterfield
MEng Electronic & Communication Engineering Undergraduate
The University of Sheffield, England
Tel. 0114 222 9999 ex. 53198



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