From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 16 04:51:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA11118 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 04:51:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from diabolik.logic.it (diabolik.logic.it [195.120.151.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id EAA11105 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 04:51:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from molter@logic.it) Received: (qmail 29092 invoked from network); 16 Jan 1998 12:51:02 -0000 Received: from mc20.logic.it (HELO dumbwinter.logic.it) (195.120.151.120) by diabolik.logic.it with SMTP; 16 Jan 1998 12:51:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 393 invoked by uid 1000); 16 Jan 1998 12:50:07 -0000 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:50:06 +0100 (MET) From: Marco Molteni To: Jakob Alvermark cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail, procmail or smail? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi Jakob, On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Jakob Alvermark wrote: > Which maildaemon should I use in my new mailserver? Procmail or > smail? Procmail isn't a MTA (Mail Transfer Agent), it's a: molter@dumbwinter:~$ apropos procmail procmail(1) - autonomous mail processor (yes, I know, not so self-explanatory ;-) > Which is the best? Easiest to configure? You don't want us to start a flame war on -isp, he? ;-) I'd suggest to have a look at qmail (www.qmail.org). In my opinion and experience, it is easier to configure than sendmail (no sendmail.cf !!! ;-), and it was developed with security as top priority. > Should I use the standard sendmail? I'm not very familiar with > sendmail.cf. Neither am I, but, if you stick with it, everybody suggest the "Bat" Book on sendmail, which is edited by O'Reilly. You could also have a look at www.freebsd.org/ports/mail.html Ciao ciao Marco Molteni FreeBSD: from the makers of Internet (http://www.freebsd.org/)