From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 21 23:44:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29814106566B for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from blue.stonehenge.com (cl-52.chi-02.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4978:f:33::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02B738FC0A for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:44:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9865B1DE540; Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:44:20 -0700 (PDT) To: Jorge Biquez References: <3352047511-2078122571@intranet.com.mx> From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.3.14; tzolkin = 12 Ix; haab = 12 Cumku Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:44:20 -0700 In-Reply-To: <3352047511-2078122571@intranet.com.mx> (Jorge Biquez's message of "Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:17:45 -0600") Message-ID: <86vdcp9r57.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spamassasin, sendmail, Postfix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:44:22 -0000 >>>>> "Jorge" == Jorge Biquez writes: Jorge> I said that I am not sure but that even spamassin could be configured Jorge> to run under send mail or if that does not work that to move from Jorge> sendmail to another could be the solution and not so difficult, like Jorge> postfix. Am I wrong? could be that movement easy to do? I mean to move Jorge> from sendmail to postfix to be able to have spamassasin run. Or it is Jorge> better to have that solution (have mail server with spam filters) could Jorge> be get with some other mix of software and tools? (of course my linux Jorge> friend says that they have rpm's ready to solve that even when do not Jorge> know how it works, not interested in that) Once I discovered postfix, my opinion with sendmail is "never again!". Postfix has a readable config file (with comments!) that doesn't require "compiling" into the proper syntax. Postfix understands and plays well with things like content-filters, RBLs, dovecot (and others) for SSL. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion