Re: [expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!
Nopostfix is over an order of magnitude faster than sendmail NoPostfix is far more secure and a hell of a lot easier to configure than sendmail As an anecdotal note, at the ISP I used to work for we replaced 5 Sparc Ultra 2 mail servers running sendmail with one very lightly configed E4500(was a firesale box, and we could not afford to add any hardware to it, so it was stuck at 2GB of ram and 2 processors) running postfix Our sendmail guru fought tooth and nail to avoid changing over, until he started working with postfix and realized just HOW much faster and easier to configure it really was. --Dave Ing.Israel Garcia Alvarez typethed the following... >Hi: > >I've got two questions! >Do you think sendmail is faster than postfix as MTA's? Why? >Do you think sendmail is more secure than postfix as MTA's? Why? >I have always use sendmail and now I have a Mandrake 7.2 with postfix and I >would like to know your opinions. >Thanks a lot. > >My best regards. > >Israel Garcia Alvarez >Administrador Capiro Villa Clara >http://www.vcl.sld.cu/~israel
Re: [expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!
On Fri Mar 09, 2001 at 01:42:43PM -0600, Larry Blodgett wrote: > Dan is right about the question. Is it Qmail or Postfix? > > Qmail is just as secure (if not more) as Postfix and much easier to > configure and manage. Mandrake now comes with sendmail and Postfix > but I wish they would have included Qmail. I wonder why they left > Qmail out? > > Just my two cents. Due to licensing restrictions on qmail dealing primarily with binary distribution, it isn't "safe" (in legal terms) to distribute qmail in binary format for Linux Mandrake. *However* anyone wanting to use qmail can do so by visiting www.freezer-burn.org/ and clicking on the "qmail under Linux-Mandrake" link to view my pages on getting qmail to work under Linux Mandrake with the binary rpms I've created for qmail. The qmail rpms work 100%, along with a number of associated utilities (those that have not been thoroughly tested have been noted, which is basically some minor utilities and courier-imap). I've been using these qmail rpms on my own system for months without a problem, using it for virtual hosting for a number of domains to using it as a local MTA on a workstation. Configuration is simplistic and it works right out of the box for local MTA's and with a little bit of work for a full-blown multi-domain mail server. Until we get the blessing of the author to distribute the rpm in binary form (which follows the letter of his license restrictions on binary distribution completely), we most likely will not have qmail in the distribution. Why? Because there is no point in getting tangled in some legalities (even though I am confident the license is not broken with my binary rpms, I am not willing to endanger MandrakeSoft with a potential suit). Until Dan gives me the ok to do so (which has been asked on more than one occassion), you can only get the binary rpm from my site. This is unfortunate and I wish this wasn't the way it had to be, but unfortunately the license is rather clear on the matter and although I believe he allows for a "grey" area, I don't think anyone wants to see MandrakeSoft get into any kind of trouble for entering that grey area (myself, as an individual, am not so concerned with distributing it myself for Linux Mandrake unofficially and without their resources or time). So, to make a long story even longer, that's why it's not in the distribution (in a rather large nutshell). The full link to the qmail rpms is: www.freezer-burn.org/qmail.php -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD - Danen Consulting Serviceswww.danen.net, www.freezer-burn.org - MandrakeSoft, Inc. Security www.linux-mandrake.com Current Linux kernel 2.4.1-15mdk uptime: 4 days 8 hours 49 minutes.
Re: [expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!
Because qmail isn't Open Source, it just has source code available (much like Windows) Mike On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Larry Blodgett wrote: > Dan is right about the question. Is it Qmail or Postfix? > > Qmail is just as secure (if not more) as Postfix and much easier to > configure and manage. Mandrake now comes with sendmail and Postfix > but I wish they would have included Qmail. I wonder why they left > Qmail out? > > Just my two cents. > > > > > Do you think sendmail is more secure than postfix as MTA's? Why? > > > >As Mike said... > > Sendmail: Wasn't written by Weitse Venema, who is God. > > Postfix: was. > >Weitse also wrote TCP wrappers. > >Postfix is definitely more secure and easier to administer than > >sendmail. > > > >Your choice should not be between sendmail vs. postfix, it should > >be Qmail vs. Postfix, which are both secure. > > > >Postfix does the job for me. > >Thanks... Dan. > > -- > Larry Blodgett > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- Linux, WinNT, MS-DOS - also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly > ---"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither." -B. Franklin > ---"Always ask the question, never assume the answer." -Marcus Radich 1999 > >
Re: [expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!
> Do you think sendmail is more secure than postfix as MTA's? Why? As Mike said... Sendmail: Wasn't written by Weitse Venema, who is God. Postfix: was. Weitse also wrote TCP wrappers. Postfix is definitely more secure and easier to administer than sendmail. Your choice should not be between sendmail vs. postfix, it should be Qmail vs. Postfix, which are both secure. Postfix does the job for me. Thanks... Dan.
Re: [expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!
Dan is right about the question. Is it Qmail or Postfix? Qmail is just as secure (if not more) as Postfix and much easier to configure and manage. Mandrake now comes with sendmail and Postfix but I wish they would have included Qmail. I wonder why they left Qmail out? Just my two cents. > > Do you think sendmail is more secure than postfix as MTA's? Why? > >As Mike said... > Sendmail: Wasn't written by Weitse Venema, who is God. > Postfix: was. >Weitse also wrote TCP wrappers. >Postfix is definitely more secure and easier to administer than >sendmail. > >Your choice should not be between sendmail vs. postfix, it should >be Qmail vs. Postfix, which are both secure. > >Postfix does the job for me. >Thanks... Dan. -- Larry Blodgett Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Linux, WinNT, MS-DOS - also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly ---"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither." -B. Franklin ---"Always ask the question, never assume the answer." -Marcus Radich 1999
[expert] Sendmail vs Postfix!!
Hi: I've got two questions! Do you think sendmail is faster than postfix as MTA's? Why? Do you think sendmail is more secure than postfix as MTA's? Why? I have always use sendmail and now I have a Mandrake 7.2 with postfix and I would like to know your opinions. Thanks a lot. My best regards. Israel Garcia Alvarez Administrador Capiro Villa Clara http://www.vcl.sld.cu/~israel
