From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 12 17:15:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f151.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.19.151]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D095E37B718 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 17:15:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bsdblood@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 17:15:17 -0800 Received: from 203.121.127.130 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Tue, 13 Mar 2001 01:15:17 GMT X-Originating-IP: [203.121.127.130] From: "BSD Blood" To: chris@northernbrewer.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail vs other MTAs Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 01:15:17 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Mar 2001 01:15:17.0835 (UTC) FILETIME=[10C8E9B0:01C0AB5B] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG How about the documentation for postfix? Is it sufficient? >From: Christopher Farley >To: Andrew Hesford >CC: BSD Blood , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: sendmail vs other MTAs >Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 00:22:40 -0600 > >Andrew Hesford (ajh3@chmod.ath.cx) wrote: > > > I use Postfix. I'm not really sure why, but it might be because the guys > > in #FreeBSD/irc.openproject.net recommend it. > >I second the Postfix recommendation. I cannot compare it to Exim or >qmail, because I've never used those (although qmail supporters tend to >be extremely enthusiastic, so it must have something going for it). > >Compared to sendmail, postfix is easier-to-configure, relatively >secure by default, and faster. I am not sure that sendmail has any >advantages for users without legacy issues. NetBSD now provides >Postfix as part of their standard distribution, which is something >I wish the FreeBSD developers would consider! > >-- >Christopher Farley >www.northernbrewer.com _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message