Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 08:21:33 +0200 From: Gilad Rom <gilad_bsd@romat.com> To: jan.muenther@nruns.com Cc: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Subject: Re: Mail server? Message-ID: <400A25ED.4060408@romat.com> In-Reply-To: <20040116081028.GA2485@ergo.nruns.com> References: <200401152000.00111.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> <20040116032014.GC93061@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <20040116081028.GA2485@ergo.nruns.com>
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jan.muenther@nruns.com wrote: > Howdy, > > >>>configuration has always seemed pretty straight-forward. If I stay with >>>sendmail, should I download and compile from sources? > > > You should always use the ports collection, or a package, for what it's > worth. By the way, if you think sendmail configuration is straightforward, I > don't think there's much MTA software out there that could still scare you, > not even qmail :P > > >>If you choose to go with sendmail, you should use the base-system's. >>It's pretty up to date with critical patches and the like. > > > I personally deprecated sendmail ages ago, for two mai reasons: > - it's a cruft, one big old leviathan and delivers mail at according speed > - its security history > > I know both points are arguable and I don't want to troll off another holy > MTA war here, just saying that these two points did it for me. > >>I personally prefer Postfix, which is also used by the mail-servers at >>FreeBSD.org. The UCE blocking support offered by it is pretty good, >>and configuration is straightforward. You don't even need to remove >>the base-system's MTA, just tweak rc.conf and mailer.conf and you're >>up and away. > > > I couldn't agree more. Postfix is fast, flexible and way secure and its > configuration and general handling isn't as messy as qmail's. > For the most part, all you have to worry about is one central config file > and it aims to integrate well into a system replacing sendmail. Try it. > > Cheers, J. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Up to a month ago, I've never installed a mail server in my life. And then, all of the sudden, I had to. I used Postfix from the ports collection, and together with the online manuals, I had a production mail server in under an hour. Configuration is _VERY_ straight-forward. Since then, I had used the same configuration for 2 other production mail servers, each with hundreds of users. Postfix "just works", which for me, is the most important quality. Gilad.
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