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Re:Maddy: Composable all-in-one mail server in Go by cmroanirgo on Sunday November 22, 2020 @10:56AM (#25178433)
> What's the opposite of monolithic?

The web's answers for a suitable antonym seem inappropriate [0] (all referring to "small" rather than "many parts". I reckon megalithic is the way to go.

Although I've been hosting my own mail server (postfix/dovecot) for years I must admit that I treat most of its parts as a single black box. My head just doesn't grok the entirety of processes and the various sub components (spam, grey listing, filters).

I prefer monolithic every day. It's not hard to provide plugins that allow custom filtering/ spam etc, so the end result can easily be the same.

Especially for personal /small business servers, simplicity wins everytime IMHO.

[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monolithic

Re:Maddy: Composable all-in-one mail server in Go by specialist on Monday November 23, 2020 @08:43AM (#25186640)
Heh. Small chuckle, thanks.

Mono - one, lithic - stone. "One stone". It's in the name, right?