Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 09:45:48 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail Vs Exim Message-ID: <Pine.GHP.4.21.0008110938590.5537-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <200008110749.DAA08961@hc1.hci.net>
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 ahze@hci.net wrote: > exim doesnt run as root though Yes it does, when it needs to. The documentation (very good) is available at exim.org; why not take a look? > > Sendmail is a lot more fun, if you have time to invest in learning > > the configuration. I'd agree with this; however, we're just in the process of switching to a new MTA. We went for Exim here because (a) it did everything we wanted it to, (b) the user community has a very good user-interface, (c) it's well-specified, well-documented, (d) the code is straightforward to read and extend if required (though that's rare). Most importantly, though, was reason (e): the configuration is simpler to read! - not everyone here shares my affection for sendmail's way of doing things. jan PS. Yes, I know what my headers say; the switch to the new MTA has been delayed because of what appears to be a 'novelty' of Solaris 8's ffs :-( -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287163 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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