Re: Exim alternatives?

2010-09-16 Thread Robin Bowes
On 14/09/10 21:41, Pedro Melo wrote: Hi, On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen a...@develooper.com wrote: On Sep 14, 2010, at 7:49, David Favor wrote: My primary challenge with exim is it's difficult to understand configuration system and the random nature of exim suffering

Re: Exim alternatives?

2010-09-16 Thread Charlie Brady
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, Pedro Melo wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen a...@develooper.com wrote: On Sep 14, 2010, at 7:49, David Favor wrote: My primary challenge with exim is it's difficult to understand configuration system and the random nature of exim suffering

Re: Exim alternatives?

2010-09-14 Thread Matt Sergeant
I once wrote a very simple perl module which basically did outbound mail queueing for very simple needs... But then I discovered my needs were a bit more complex. LOL... I second Ask's question - what's wrong with using exim? David Favor wrote: I'm looking for a simple alternative to exim,

Re: Exim alternatives?

2010-09-14 Thread Guy Hulbert
On Tue, 2010-14-09 at 10:08 -0400, Matt Sergeant wrote: I once wrote a very simple perl module which basically did outbound mail queueing for very simple needs... But then I discovered my needs were a bit more complex. LOL... I second Ask's question - what's wrong with using exim? I think

Re: Exim alternatives?

2010-09-14 Thread Matt Sergeant
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, David Favor wrote: The problem is two fold. 1) I could never get a straight answer about the correct configuration from the exim folks. 2) The config I have works for weeks to months, then develops odd (bitrot) challenges which seem to relate to DNS MX server

Re: Exim alternatives?

2010-09-14 Thread David Favor
Matt Sergeant wrote: I once wrote a very simple perl module which basically did outbound mail queueing for very simple needs... But then I discovered my needs were a bit more complex. LOL... I second Ask's question - what's wrong with using exim? David Favor wrote: I'm looking for a simple

Re: Exim alternatives?

2010-09-14 Thread Ask Bjørn Hansen
On Sep 14, 2010, at 7:49, David Favor wrote: My primary challenge with exim is it's difficult to understand configuration system and the random nature of exim suffering from bitrot. We're using qmail at perl.org and at work we use postfix (because it came with the box) and both are just

Re: Exim alternatives?

2010-09-14 Thread Pedro Melo
Hi, On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen a...@develooper.com wrote: On Sep 14, 2010, at 7:49, David Favor wrote: My primary challenge with exim is it's difficult to understand configuration system and the random nature of exim suffering from bitrot. We're using qmail at

Exim alternatives?

2010-09-11 Thread David Favor
I'm looking for a simple alternative to exim, sendmail, postfix for outgoing email. So when and email comes into qpsmtpd which forwards offsite, an outgoing mail server to forward these email. If someone has a suggestion about other options, please let me know. Thanks. -- Love feeling your

Re: Exim alternatives?

2010-09-11 Thread Ask Bjørn Hansen
On Sep 9, 2010, at 8:11, David Favor wrote: I'm looking for a simple alternative to exim, sendmail, postfix for outgoing email. [...] It'd be easier to come with suggestions if you describe why exim/sendmail/postfix/qmail don't fit your requirements. :-)