From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 24 22: 6:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C564837B41E for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:06:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.77.116] (helo=buffy.raggedclown.net) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 15lkQm-000CNw-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 05:06:52 +0000 Received: by buffy.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mailhost, from userid 500) id 4F790BD5F; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:07:06 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:07:06 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for a sendmail replacement Message-ID: <20010925000706.A7534@raggedclown.net> References: <002501c1447c$73293b40$14ce21c7@avatar.com> <20010924130032.O15034@toldme.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.16i In-Reply-To: <20010924130032.O15034@toldme.com>; from dannyman@toldme.com on Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:00:32PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 01:00:32PM -0700, dannyman wrote: > On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 03:09:44PM -0700, Kory Hamzeh wrote: > > > I'm looking for a MTA to replace sendmail. My requirements are: > > > > 1. Easy to understand and configure > > Postfix. > > > 2. Supports parallel delivery. > > Postfix. > > > 3. Easy to understand and configure > > Postfix. > > > 4. Supports virtual hosting > > Postfix. > > > 5. Easy to understand and configure > > Postfix. > > Others have pointed out the Postfix port. It's basically qmail, only > written by someone sane, so it is easy to understand and configure. > > Basically: > cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix > make install replace > killall sendmail > $EDITOR /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postfix.sh start > > The proof is in the pudding: /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf is a > highly-commentd config file. For the basic stuff, you just read through > it, read the comments, and make the appropriate changes. Trickier stuff > you read the man pages and check out the Postfix web site. If you > really get confused you post a question to the Postfix mailing list, and > you will likely receive a timely, condescending reply from Vietse > himself, pointing out the answer, and where in his documentation you > would have read that. :) > > -danny I confirm all of that, except his name is Wietse :) Although in Dutch W's and V's sound more or less the same.. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message