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Wietse Venema

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

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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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"I get mail; therefore I am."

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"I think it's a sensible thing not to read your fan mail - not to take it too seriously."

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"I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez."

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"I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public."

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"In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me."

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"Coming back to the topic of computer security, the TCP Wrapper is an example of such a safety net. I wrote it when my systems were under attack by someone who appeared to walk through walls."
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"Lack of documentation is becoming a problem for acceptance."
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