From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 24 18:52:15 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA8BB16A4B3 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:52:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz (mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz [66.92.171.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02A1844005 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:52:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz) Received: by mailhub.sweetdreamsracing.biz (Postfix, from userid 80) id EDAF936; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:52:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hachigo (hachigo [66.92.171.91]) by www.sweetdreamsracing.biz (Horde) with HTTP for ; Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:52:29 -0400 Message-ID: <1064454749.72db5939c2674@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:52:29 -0400 From: Kenneth Culver To: Jett Tayer References: <3F71DC3A.2090900@magidesign.com> <001a01c382d8$3283c870$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> <35626.203.190.72.108.1064454417.squirrel@mail.angdatingdaan.org> In-Reply-To: <35626.203.190.72.108.1064454417.squirrel@mail.angdatingdaan.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.0-cvs cc: Mike Maltese cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail vs. Postfix... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 01:52:16 -0000 I have used postfix and sendmail on both linux and FreeBSD and I definitely prefer postfix. For starters, its security track-record is much better. Also it was very easy to ste up a system that uses mysql with virtual domains, SASL for relay authentication (also interfacing with mysql) etc... I have horde, postfix, postfix's SASL, and courier imap all using the same tables in mysql for users. I don't know if sendmail can do all this, but I'm sure postfix can do it more easily and in a more secure manner. Ken Quoting Jett Tayer : > if ur a conservative unix admin, go with sendmail, but for "easiness" use > postfix. > i have 2 mailservers and is using postfix in one and sendmail on the other. > > \jett > > > > >> Quick question. How hard is it to set up Postfix. I am getting tried of > >> Sendmail. Is it hard to set up Postfix to access passwords so that the > >> only mail can be sent. > > > > I've been running Postfix after migrating from Sendmail for the better > > part > > of a year now. I found it much easier to set up in the areas of virtual > > hosts, authentication, relaying and content filtering. I'd suggest > > starting > > with the Postfix documentation at www.postfix.org. You will also find > > several helpful README's in the source distribution, just 'cd > > /usr/ports/mail/postfix && make extract' and you can browse through them > > befor e you decide to build and install it. You might also consider joining > > the Postfix mailing list, as it's a better place for questions on Postfix > > than this list. I'll warn you in advance though, RTFM, because they can be > > a > > bit hostile if you appear not to have. > > > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >