On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:03:59 +0000 taipan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think 'minimal configuration' must be a relative term where MTA's are > concerned - they _all_ seem to speak Klingon to my unschooled eye. Maybe > that will prove to be an advantage - i have no prior prejudice for or > against one or another at the moment... > > This little odyssey began with my looking at different mail clients & > progressed to discovering how poor my current service-provider's > security is. One of the many potential courses of action now is to run > my own servers (mail & web) using 'Dynamic DNS' & no longer being bound > to a specific provider. > > While i'm researching, i think my first decision must be to change to > another mail-provider, but this still leaves me with options regarding > which MDA to use. The fetchmail website appears to endorse maildrop over > procmail - this is what first got me thinking about using Courier rather > than Postfix as a full-blown MTA. > > I may post a similar query to this elsewhere online in the hope of > encountering someone with experience of Courier at least, if not others > as well for comparison, but because the feedback on these lists is > invariably so helpful, i'd appreciate hearing any further opinions from > the members here about full servers or just delivery-agents, as it will > all be of use to me.
Have a look at Xmail (xmailserver.org), I have found it the easiest to configure, but powerful enough. It's got a loyal following, without the big name status. R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
