Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Ariel Graneros wrote: > I prefer postfix, it is rock solid everywhere i use it, has fewer security > issues than sendmail, is quite powerful, and the best of all, is veery easy > to configure. Anyway, i've never tried anything else. > > On Wed, 21 May 2003 12:10:17 -0300 > "Ana Paula Sabelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I´m setting up a mail server, I ´d like to hear opinions about which one is > > better. Hello, Maybe i missed it in this thread, and i don't want to start a holy war, but is there a reason not to use Exim? It's the standard mail server that is loaded with Debian and i use it on all of my boxen. It's a whole lot easier than sendmail and i am not aware of any security issues and it apparently does a whole lot more than i can figure out to do. So, i'm just curious as to why so many people recommend other things than the default Exim. Thank you.
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
I prefer postfix, it is rock solid everywhere i use it, has fewer security issues than sendmail, is quite powerful, and the best of all, is veery easy to configure. Anyway, i've never tried anything else. On Wed, 21 May 2003 12:10:17 -0300 "Ana Paula Sabelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I´m setting up a mail server, I ´d like to hear opinions about which one is > better. > > TIA > > Ana Paula Sabelli
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Ariel Graneros wrote: > I prefer postfix, it is rock solid everywhere i use it, has fewer security issues > than sendmail, is quite powerful, and the best of all, is veery easy to configure. > Anyway, i've never tried anything else. > > On Wed, 21 May 2003 12:10:17 -0300 > "Ana Paula Sabelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I´m setting up a mail server, I ´d like to hear opinions about which one is better. Hello, Maybe i missed it in this thread, and i don't want to start a holy war, but is there a reason not to use Exim? It's the standard mail server that is loaded with Debian and i use it on all of my boxen. It's a whole lot easier than sendmail and i am not aware of any security issues and it apparently does a whole lot more than i can figure out to do. So, i'm just curious as to why so many people recommend other things than the default Exim. Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
I prefer postfix, it is rock solid everywhere i use it, has fewer security issues than sendmail, is quite powerful, and the best of all, is veery easy to configure. Anyway, i've never tried anything else. On Wed, 21 May 2003 12:10:17 -0300 "Ana Paula Sabelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I´m setting up a mail server, I ´d like to hear opinions about which one is better. > > TIA > > Ana Paula Sabelli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
Greetings! On Wed, 21 May 2003 18:40:36 +0200 Franz Georg Köhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I?m setting up a mail server, I ?d like to hear opinions about which > > one is better. > > It depends on your personal preferences. > > I favor exim: http://www.exim.org/ . Main question: what do you want/need? For a pure satellite hub you can be quite well of with SSMTP. What is your metric (for "best")? Flexibility, available addins, security, easy to configure, or what? For a brief comparison of the most common ones: http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/ Well, that's the MTA side - what about the client part. Do you need POP or IMAP? Both? LDAP access? What spool design, etc. There are (again) loads of agents available. Again: what is your metric for "best"? Bye Volker Tanger -- Besuchen Sie unsere neuen Internet-Seiten http://www.detewe.de Neues Highlight: Wunschproduktberater fuer den Home & Office-Bereich. Visit our new Internet Pages on http://www.detewe.de Our Highlight: Online Product Adviser for Home & Office. (Currently available in German only)
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
Hi, On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:10:17PM -0300, Ana Paula Sabelli wrote: > Hi, > I´m setting up a mail server, I ´d like to hear opinions about which > one is better. Qmail. Even though it has some problems too, as every piece of software does, they are in no way of the same magnitude as sendmail's history of remote root exploits, complexity and general ugliness. Qmail lacks some modern features, but I rather have a mail server that lacks features than one that lacks security. Also, qmail's modular architecture accomodates creating create custom features very well. I've been deploying and managing qmail based mail servers for a number of years now, and am very happy with it. Cheers, Emile, -- E-Advies - Emile van Bergen [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 http://www.e-advies.nl pgpEPgMxMKk3r.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
> I´m setting up a mail server, I ´d like to hear opinions about which one > is better. My favorit ist qmail. Take a look at http://www.pipeline.com.au/staff/mbowe/isp/webmail-server.htm greets - Diese eMail ist ein Service von Wird noch nicht verraten! http://www.Held-vom-Erdbeerfeld.de/
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 09:24:39PM +0200, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: Content-Description: signed data > On Wednesday 21 May 2003 17:10, Ana Paula Sabelli wrote: > > Hi, > > I?m setting up a mail server, I ?d like to hear opinions about which one is > > better. > > Personally, I don't like qmail mainly because of its license (I never > explored further than that), and because about the only things I regularly > hear is that it has some obscure 'features' where the authors opinion differs > from everybody else's. > > I stopped using sendmail because I really like to *understand* a > configuration > file... > > I use postfix - easy to set up, does everything I want it to do, has good > spam > control possibilities and also good documentation on how to use them. > > Haven't used exim. > > greets > -- vbi > > -- > featured link: http://fortytwo.ch/time I am setting up a mail server too. After studying and reading others comments. I am using Postfix, Courier (pop/imap)...
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 07:10, Ana Paula Sabelli wrote: > Hi, > I´m setting up a mail server, I ´d like to hear opinions about which > one is better. > > TIA > > Ana Paula Sabelli OK, it's a sysadmin preference type isssue for sure. Having run Sendmail, Exim, Postfix, qmail and atmail, we have settled on qmail as it has been rock solid. What else do you need ? See http://lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html Dee -- W.D.McKinney (Dee) Alaska Wireless Systems http://3233667600
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
On Wednesday 21 May 2003 17:10, Ana Paula Sabelli wrote: > Hi, > I´m setting up a mail server, I ´d like to hear opinions about which one is > better. Personally, I don't like qmail mainly because of its license (I never explored further than that), and because about the only things I regularly hear is that it has some obscure 'features' where the authors opinion differs from everybody else's. I stopped using sendmail because I really like to *understand* a configuration file... I use postfix - easy to set up, does everything I want it to do, has good spam control possibilities and also good documentation on how to use them. Haven't used exim. greets -- vbi -- featured link: http://fortytwo.ch/time pgpERTGPVL3A2.pgp Description: signature
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
At 12:10 PM 5/21/2003 -0300, Ana Paula Sabelli wrote: Hi, I´m setting up a mail server, I ´d like to hear opinions about which one is better. TIA Ana Paula Sabelli Personally, I use Postfix.. It handles just about anything I need to throw at it.. -Splash
Re: sendmail or qmail or what?
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 12:10:17PM -0300, Ana Paula Sabelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I?m setting up a mail server, I ?d like to hear opinions about which one is > better. It depends on your personal preferences. I favor exim: http://www.exim.org/ .
