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Date:      Fri, 30 May 2008 18:17:41 +0000
From:      Pollywog <lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need to build a new mail server
Message-ID:  <200805301817.42970.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com>
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On Friday 30 May 2008 18:09:48 Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:

> exim: If I were setting up a large complicated installation for say an
> ISP or a mail hosting system, exim is what I would use.  I've heard
> people say that they didn't understand the configuration file, but I
> don't see what the problem is.  It is straight forward and direct.
> You just need to remember that in some sections of the configuration
> file, the order of directives matter.  exim also has this built-in
> procmail replacement (exim filters) in its mail delivery.  Of course,
> sieve has largely replaced the need for this.

I have not used Exim with *BSD's but I used it with Debian at one time and it 
was easy to set up.  More recently, the configuration became complicated, at 
least with Debian.

So I stuck with Postfix.



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