Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 01:13:14 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Scott Gerhardt <scott@gerhardt-it.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Recommended MTA Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110230058550.72679-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGOEMJCKAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com>
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Hi Scott, I can tell you without a doubt that sendmail works.. I can also tell you that postfix works, and that qmail works. I remember learning sendmail, however, and cursing at the configuration. Years later, I still curse at sendmail configuration. :-) I still use sendmail and postfix on my systems, and brush with qmail only occasionally lately. Sendmail is good because it is pretty much guaranteed to be available on any UNIX system you come across. If you are going after an admin career, you will need to know sendmail, and I suspect this requirement will persist for quite a few years. If, on the other hand, this is for your own projects, you can safely ignore sendmail and go with something that's easier to manage. - Ryan Scott Gerhardt wrote to FreeBSD: > Ok, FreeBSD 4.4 includes Sendmail by default. > > I will be setting up a mail host and I am looking for recommendations on a > good MTA. Should I stick with Sendmail or go with one of the others? > > I know Sendmail, Postfix and Qmail are all good choices, but which one > should I invest my time and braincells into? I have to learn one, > which one should it be? > > Thanks, > > _________________________________ > > Scott Gerhardt, P.Geo. > Gerhardt Information Technologies > _________________________________ > -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Network Administrator, Accounts SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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