Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-20 Thread Erik Steffl
Jones, Steven wrote: Some good points made. But what's wrong with source. I have a few little apps I like to run, ok its on my intel laptop tut, but there are no .debs for them. I have an area under /usr/local/src that I use to keep tabs on what s/w I use that isnt .debs. Then again, I

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-19 Thread Ottavio Campana
On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 09:10:44AM +1200, Jones, Steven wrote: This might sound mad but Im finding that trying to run commercial packages on Debian is becoming all but impossible, I have compaq servers stuff that I run Red Hat on not because I want to but because there is no .deb's for the

RE: Mail Server?

2002-06-19 Thread Simon Ross
for the array software (some of its even source) :( regards, Steven -Original Message- From: Andrew Sharp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2002 3:01 To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Mail Server? Mark Eichin wrote: I was surprised

RE: Mail Server?

2002-06-19 Thread Jones, Steven
Some good points made. But what's wrong with source. I have a few little apps I like to run, ok its on my intel laptop tut, but there are no .debs for them. I have an area under /usr/local/src that I use to keep tabs on what s/w I use that isnt .debs. Then again, I suppose if your looking after a

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-18 Thread Jim Hague
On 17-Jun-2002 Ottavio Campana wrote: I run potato's postfix since 266 days and I've never had a problem. I don't think exim's good for an ISP. It could be useful for a home computer but nothing more. I don't like qmail. There are large ISPs running their mail through Exim.

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-18 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:43:33PM +0200, Ottavio Campana wrote: I don't think exim's good for an ISP. It could be useful for a home computer but nothing more. I don't like qmail. I'm surprised to hear you say that about exim. You realize that it was written to handle mail for a rather

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-18 Thread Ottavio Campana
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 01:40:15PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:43:33PM +0200, Ottavio Campana wrote: I don't think exim's good for an ISP. It could be useful for a home computer but nothing more. I don't like qmail. I'm surprised to hear you say that

RE: Mail Server?

2002-06-18 Thread Jones, Steven
to but because there is no .deb's for the array software (some of its even source) :( regards, Steven -Original Message- From: Andrew Sharp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2002 3:01 To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Mail Server? Mark Eichin wrote: I

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-17 Thread Ottavio Campana
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 11:58:43AM -0400, Nick Mitchell wrote: I know this is some what off list. But I work for an ISP and I am looking to build a new mailserver. I am looking for suggestions on a high volume mail server. Any Ideas? I would like to stay away from sendmail as the MTA. Any

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-17 Thread Dave Baker
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 06:43:33PM +0200, Ottavio Campana wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 11:58:43AM -0400, Nick Mitchell wrote: I know this is some what off list. But I work for an ISP and I am looking to build a new mailserver. I am looking for suggestions on a high volume mail server

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-17 Thread Ottavio Campana
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 01:27:38PM -0400, Dave Baker wrote: I run potato's postfix since 266 days and I've never had a problem. I don't think exim's good for an ISP. It could be useful for a home computer but nothing more. I don't like qmail. Exim's very flexible configuration

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-17 Thread Simon Ross
I run exim and found it to be very easy to setup and run. Then again I only use it for a home office. You would have to look at the exim mail groups for more information about ISP use. SKaR On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 17:46, Ottavio Campana wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 01:27:38PM -0400, Dave Baker

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-17 Thread Nick Mitchell
Thanks everyone.I will be going with Postfix, no one had any complaints and I was leaning toward Postfix to begin with. I was surprised that no one was really pushing qmail or sendmail. Thanks again, Nick At 03:01 PM 6/17/2002, Simon Ross wrote: I run exim and found it to be

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-17 Thread Mark Eichin
I was surprised that no one was really pushing qmail or sendmail. Why were you surprised? qmail, while useful, isn't DFSG-free. And sendmail is pretty much a legacy system :-) (Although in theory it has improved, the phrase a security hole you could drive a sendmail through is still

Re: Mail Server?

2002-06-17 Thread Andrew Sharp
Mark Eichin wrote: I was surprised that no one was really pushing qmail or sendmail. Why were you surprised? qmail, while useful, isn't DFSG-free. And sendmail is pretty much a legacy system :-) (Although in theory it has improved, the phrase a security hole you could drive a

Re: Mail Server Questions

2001-12-05 Thread Jean-Paul Blaquiere
On Dec 06, Del Campo, Damian illuminated : mor appropraite for debian-users but ... replied to anyway 1) I want to set up a mail server to download my mail from a POP account on www 2) Have this downloaded mail available to various clients on my local lan (windows linux machines) but all