From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Nov 15 17:53:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 0EA4114DF9; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 17:53:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F002D1CD43A; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 17:53:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@hub.freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 17:53:10 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway To: Greg Lehey Cc: Herbert Chang , ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Which mail server is the best: qmail, postfix or exim? In-Reply-To: <19991115145409.44227@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sunday, 14 November 1999 at 22:21:14 -0600, Herbert Chang wrote: > > 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? > > I'm surprised nobody mentions sendmail. It's still the most-used MTA. By virtue of legacy, sure. But I wonder what percentage of new installations it has. Based on the responses in this thread, I'd conclude that the world is moving on to newer things. Has postfix or qmail ever had _any_ remote security problems? Kris ---- Cthulhu for President! For when you're tired of choosing the _lesser_ of two evils.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message