From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 27 14:38:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ECB21065696 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:38:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65B898FC0A for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:38:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 27917 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2009 14:38:29 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 27 Sep 2009 14:38:29 -0000 Received: from lowell-desk.lan (lowell-desk.lan [172.30.250.6]) by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35B8D508BE; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:38:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: by lowell-desk.lan (Postfix, from userid 1147) id CEF251CC7A; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:38:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Lowell Gilbert To: Aflatoon Aflatooni References: <721122.91358.qm@web56206.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:38:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: <721122.91358.qm@web56206.mail.re3.yahoo.com> (Aflatoon Aflatooni's message of "Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:01:22 -0700 (PDT)") Message-ID: <44bpkw1mhu.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Whic mail server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:38:30 -0000 Aflatoon Aflatooni writes: > I am running a server that is acting as the mail server for only internal users (about 50 users). Currently we are running Sendmail, but reading on other discussions I noticed that qmail and other programs are suggested. > I am wondering if qmail is thought to be better than sendmail. Is there a matrix of features and functionalities that would compare the different mail servers? > Any suggestions on spam filters like spam-assassin? I wouldn't ever recommend changing mail servers if you have a working setup that you're satisfied with. spamassassin works well with pretty much any MTA, as far as I'm aware. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/