From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Nov 14 7:51: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D67D7153AE for ; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 07:50:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.9.3/frmug-2.5/nospam) with UUCP id QAA27839 for ports@freebsd.org; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 16:50:46 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: by keltia.freenix.fr (Postfix, from userid 101) id 61B1D8855; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 16:48:32 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 16:48:32 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which mail server is the best: qmail, postfix or exim? Message-ID: <19991114164832.A2607@keltia.freenix.fr> Mail-Followup-To: ports@freebsd.org References: <19991114142114.44048.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991114142114.44048.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT/ELF AMD-K6/200 & 2x PPro/200 SMP Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org According to Herbert Chang: > I want to install a mail server on FreeBSD. There are many ports of mail > server on http://www.freebsd.org/ports/mail.html. I wonder which is the > best: qmail, postfix, exim or other? This is really a matter of religion but: - qmail and Postfix are the two above becuase of their architecture: then don't use a single big setuid root binary but a collection of smaller non priviledged programs. - Postfix is easier to configure IMO and much nicer to your machine/network. They're probably on par for speed but I like Postfix much more. - Posfix has the best anti-spam features to date. - Postfix architecture is more integrated and even more security-minded than qmail. No env. variables, no dozens of processes using pipes and a single configuration file (not counting tables of course). - Sendmail compatibility (aliases, .forwards) was a goal for Postfix and never for qmail. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #75: Tue Nov 2 21:03:12 CET 1999 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message