From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 3 12:20:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA06904 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 3 Oct 1997 12:20:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sendero-ppp.i-connect.net (sendero-ppp.i-Connect.Net [206.190.143.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA06804 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 1997 12:19:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 956 invoked by uid 1000); 3 Oct 1997 19:20:11 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2-alpha-092597 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 12:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Atlas Telecom From: Simon Shapiro To: Jaye Mathisen Subject: RE: Qmail vs Sendmail? Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi Jaye Mathisen; On 03-Oct-97 you wrote: > > > Anybody care to share their comments? I need a simple high volume mail > server, supporting POP and smtp, and delivery to procmail for final > delivery. > > I'm familiar with sendmail, and it works just fine, but I wasn't real > thrilled with throughput, even on relatively high-end PC hardware. > > I have no experience with qmail, but the docs make it look interesting. > > If anybody's willing to share their views, I'd appreciate it. I use qmail for almost two years now. Yet have to find a reason to complain. Setup is simple, once you read and accept the fact that it is not sendmail. Some complain that it ``makes too many assumptions'' - I heard this expression several times. I have an ISP service deliver over 200,000 messages a day from a 486 DX-50 without complaint. Virtual domains are trivial to setup. Mailing lists are easy and self managed and it is inherently safe. I like it. --- Sincerely Yours, Simon Shapiro Atlas Telecom Senior Architect 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 130 Beaverton OR 97005 Shimon@i-Connect.Net Voice: 503.799.2313