From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 6 01:37:20 2007 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 51C1D16A41A for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 01:37:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17A3D13C457 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 01:37:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 12037 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2007 20:37:19 -0500 Received: from 124-170-91-48.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.91.48) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 5 Sep 2007 20:37:19 -0500 Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:37:11 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: "Bob Johnson" Message-ID: <20070906113711.1927d1cb@localhost> In-Reply-To: <54db43990709051352g2e5f8e14xc2e04b032f7efc76@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20709041503g3b3f85d1oa6a09b110ac31d7b@mail.gmail.com> <20070905155804.GE25281@ayvali.org> <24393ae80709051205j211b7ae4p54ea2f9d94b3c5e3@mail.gmail.com> <54db43990709051352g2e5f8e14xc2e04b032f7efc76@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Andrey Shuvikov , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail server setup questions 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: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:37:20 -0000 On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:52:56 -0400 "Bob Johnson" wrote: > In case I haven't made myself clear, I despise Qmail with a passion. I > suppose it is suitable for people who like puzzles (as in "What > patches do I need to make this do something useful?" or "What > third-party tool do I need to make sense out of these awful log > files?") and who don't mind inflicting lots of unnecessary secondary > spam on the rest of the world. Yes, I know there are _supposed_ to be > patches that fix that problem, but (a) the one I've seen in action > doesn't work very well, and (b) you shouldn't need to apply > third-party patches to your mail server to make it do what it is > supposed to do in the first place. I second all these points. I think it's probably better to use sendmail than qmail. Sendmail at least supports most (all?) SMTP / antispam related features, it is well documented , and configurable to the extreme (with the caveat that its configuration may be a bit daunting to the un-initiated :D). I just realised that qmail appears over and over in Linux distros, or at least on linux servers i've had to suffer... not sure the relationship there (in design / philosophy...)... and I am really NOT wanting to start a flame war. Just a thought that crossed my mind as I was reading this thread. Best, B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.