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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 21:41:01 +0530
From: Devdas Bhagat <devdas@worldgatein.net>
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Subject: Re: email with qmail? or something else that's secure?
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On 24/01/02 12:23 +0100, rene@xs4all.nl wrote:
> I've taken the big dip into mailhandling, and definately don't want to run
> something monolithic as sendmail. I've sorta chosen qmail on good faith and
> after seeing it's nicely compartimentalized (main reason).. 
Not a bad choice, but I prefer postfix. Its a bit nicer and easier for
me to handle :).
 
> however, now that I read the install manuals, it seems to deviate from
> standards quite a whole lot.
It does handle (E)SMTP.
 
> my question: is this a problem, and if so, what are my alternatives?
> I've heard of postfix, but haven't look at it in detail yet.
Qmail works, so does postfix.

 
> my demands for my mail-handling software are in order of priority
> * reliability
Postfix yes.
> * security
Postfix yes
> * Maildir support
Postfix, yes

Responsive author:
Postfix yes.

Devdas Bhagat

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