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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu>
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 12:21:56PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote:

> Andrey Shuvikov wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm trying to set up a home mailserver with imap/web access. But I was
> >going to use exim. Several people mentioned postfix here, but nobody
> >named exim. Is it a matter of personal preference or is exim not
> >suitable for this task?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Andrey
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> We have a exim at the University of Arizona and works really well (but I 
> am just a user not a sysadmin).
> I had the same question since I have used sendmail as my home mail 
> server but I am really curious what more knowledgeable people have to 
> say on this topic.

There is no real problem with sendmail.   Maybe there was years ago,
but it works fine.   Some of the configuration can be rather arcane,
but mostly people just get their favorite and want to defend it.

////jerry

> Regards
> Predrag
> 
> P. S. I apologize to everyone for my previous mail on this thread that 
> was of topic but I was truly offended.
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