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Giorgos Keramidas wrote:

> I'm thinking of adding to our FAQ something about the ever-reccuring
> question:
> 
> 	What other mail-server software can I use, instead of Sendmail?
> 
> This is a bit tough though.  I don't like to go on a 'write everything
> in a single faq answer' quest, since FAQ answers should be short, and
> to the point.  What do you think of something like the following?
> 
>       <qandaentry>
>         <question id="sendmail-alternative">
>           <para>What other mail-server software can I use, instead of
> 	    Sendmail?</para>
>         </question>
> 
>         <answer>
>           <para><ulink url="http://www.sendmail.org/">Sendmail</a> is
>             the default mail-server software for FreeBSD, but you can
>             easily replace it with one of the other MTA (for instance,
>             an MTA installed from the ports).</para>
> 
>           <para>There are various alternative MTA's in the ports tree
>             already, with
>             <ulink url="http://www.qmail.org/">Qmail</ulink>,
>             <ulink url="http://www.postfix.org/">Postfix</ulink>, and
>             <ulink url="http://www.exim.org/">Exim</ulink> being some
>             of the most popular choises.</para>
> 
> 	  <para>Diversity is nice, and the fact that you have many
>             different mail-servers to chose from is considered a
>             <emphasis>good thing</emphasis>, therefore try to avoid
>             asking questions like <quote>Is Sendmail better than
>             Qmail?</quote> in the mailing lists.  If you do feel like
>             asking, first check the mailing list archives.  The
>             advantages and disadvantages of each and every one of the
>             available MTA's have already been discussed a few
>             times.</para>
> 	</answer>
>       </qandaentry>
> 
> - Giorgos
> 
> 

I like, and think that its only proper that alternatives be offered or 
at least mentioned.  Most "new" users will, in fact, probly hate 
sendmail's configuration files hehe

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Tom (Darklogik) Rhodes
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