On 29 Jan 2004, "Ian Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in linux.debian.user: > I know this question is subjective to personal preferences.... Is > there an advantage to exim over sendmail or vice versa for ease of > setup/maintenance etc ? I would be interested in comments from > those who have used both. > > Is there something better than either of them ?
I've used sendmail when I was new with a Redhat install. I switched to postfix largely because it was essentially a "drop in" replacement for sendmail (only half true, you still need to learn the config files, but there is good documentation in the config files). When I recently switched to debian, I stuck with postfix. One of my favorite things about debian is how easy it was to replace exim (the distribution default mailer) with postfix: apt-get install postfix exim- the postfix installer asks you a few questions and its up and running. If you are using woody, I would suggest you go with a newer version. 2.18-1 is in testing and compiles pretty easily. The two things I like the most about postfix is it's still seeing new features and it is very robust. There are developer snapshots (which the author uses every day in his production environment) if you want to try out the newer features (like greylisting and automatic connection dynamic limiting which they are calling anvil. With the recent outbreak of MyDoom, I've been hearing very good reports about postfix dealing with very heavy loads. One person in the postfix mailing list reported receiving (and rejecting) more then 2 million MyDoom payloads in 1 day. That's more performance then I will ever need here at home :) -Dan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cutthatout.com Seattle, WA USA I can't spell and I don't care. Fight back against worms and blackhats - http://www.mynetwatchman.com SPAM bait: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]