Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 22:41:13 -0700 From: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: fbsdquestions@hotmail.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any mail server software that could run on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20010427224113.413a7be3.chip@wiegand.org> In-Reply-To: <00fd01c0cf97$3be441c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <F161hbN2tEwLqJrfP6n000040d6@hotmail.com> <00fd01c0cf97$3be441c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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I agree with Ted, I set up a fbsd box at work for web page developement, then later configured sendmail for an outbound mail server. It was quite easy, plenty of docs on the web. The reason for not doing inbound is the company already covered and didn't want to register the pop address. I needed the seperate oubound smtp for a specific purpose machine that could not access our other mail server. Sendmail is not as scary as many people may lead you to believe. -- Chip It appears "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, on Fri, 27 Apr 2001 20:56:41 -0700 wrote something like: > Rubbish - has Sendmail been removed from the distribution? > Last I saw Sendmail was the default, qmail was an optional port. > I'd say that if you want to construe anything as a recommendation, > this is pretty overwhelming. > > Qmail is usually advised for those people that don't like reading > the manual and prefer to just install software and go, without > knowing anything about what they are installing. This is because > qmail is _simpler_. Obviously, when you make something > _less flexible_ you make it _simpler_ thus easier for the > unwashed masses to digest. > > There's a reason, after all, that qmail is the default for > Linux. > > Either program will work for you fine - and in my opinion neither > is particularly difficult to comprehend and install. However, > if you wish to be the type of admin that runs software he has no clue > about, then qmail might suit you better. If that's a recommendation > then so be it. > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John Kendler > >Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 7:42 AM > >To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Re: Any mail server software that could run on FreeBSD? > > > > > >umm sendmail is not reccomended, use qmail if you can. > > > > > >>From: Chris Phillips <chris@selkie.org> > >>To: Educatee <educatee2001@yahoo.com> > >>CC: FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD questions > >><freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > >>Subject: Re: Any mail server software that could run on FreeBSD? > >>Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 01:44:37 -0700 (PDT) > >> > >>sendmail, pre-installed, recommended > >>qmail > >>exim > >>postfix > >> > >>-Chris Phillips > >> > >>On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Educatee wrote: > >> > >> > I would like to find out what are some of the mail server software > that > >> > could run on FreeBSD and is quite reliable. Thank you. > >> > > >> > > >> > _________________________________________________________ > >> > Do You Yahoo!? > >> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >> > > >> > > >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > >> > >> > >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Regards, -- Chip Wiegand CRW Computer Services www.wiegand.org chip@wiegand.org <------------------> Web page design Consulting PC Repair <------------------> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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