From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 1 17:51:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF62B16A4CE for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:51:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.omnis.com (smtp.omnis.com [216.239.128.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E2A143FA3 for ; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:51:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from salty.rapid.stbernard.com (corp-2.ipinc.com [199.245.188.2]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C27B272E14; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:51:57 -0800 (PST) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr.com To: Pete French , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, kolicz@eunet.yu Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:51:58 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312011751.58251.wes@softweyr.com> Subject: Re: mail without mta X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:52:00 -0000 On Monday 01 December 2003 03:35, Pete French wrote: > > I'd like to know if some- > > one has experience with system > > running no mta (aka sendmail). > > Running without an MTA sounds like > the wrong solution to the problem. Have > you thought of replacing sendmail with > something like exim ? I use that as an MTA > on single machines all the time. very > easy to configure and not very resource > hungry. Willjust sit there quietly and do the > job without any fuss. Let me add my voice to those praising Exim. I used it for several years, specifically because it was/is the easiest MTA to configure for part-time mail admins. The version in ports always worked well for me, and the port maintainer is pretty active about keeping up with patches and new releases. > ...there are a number of other options too > which people will no doubt mention. Postfix, also highly recommended. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com