Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:31:14 -0600 From: "Scott Gerhardt" <scott@gerhardt-it.com> To: "Ryan Thompson" <ryan@sasknow.com> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Recommended MTA Message-ID: <KPEMLBLEMPMHGLJOCDEGAENMCKAA.scott@gerhardt-it.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110230058550.72679-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
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Thanks for your insightful comments guys! Looks like I will be buying a good Postfix book :-) Any recommendations? Seems like the general consensus is that Sendmail is good to learn from a career/posterity perspective, but Postfix is the more likely choice for manageability and support. - Scott > Hi Scott, > > I can tell you without a doubt that sendmail works.. I can > also tell you > that postfix works, and that qmail works. I remember learning sendmail, > however, and cursing at the configuration. Years later, I > still curse at > sendmail configuration. :-) > > I still use sendmail and postfix on my systems, and brush with > qmail only > occasionally lately. > > Sendmail is good because it is pretty much guaranteed to be > available on > any UNIX system you come across. If you are going after an > admin career, > you will need to know sendmail, and I suspect this requirement will > persist for quite a few years. > > If, on the other hand, this is for your own projects, you can safely > ignore sendmail and go with something that's easier to manage. > > - Ryan > > > Scott Gerhardt wrote to FreeBSD: > > > Ok, FreeBSD 4.4 includes Sendmail by default. > > > > I will be setting up a mail host and I am looking for > recommendations on a > > good MTA. Should I stick with Sendmail or go with one of the others? > > > > I know Sendmail, Postfix and Qmail are all good choices, but > which one > > should I invest my time and braincells into? I have to learn one, > > which one should it be? > > > > Thanks, > > > > _________________________________ > > > > Scott Gerhardt, P.Geo. > > Gerhardt Information Technologies > > _________________________________ > > > > -- > Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> > Network Administrator, Accounts > > SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com > #106-380 3120 8th St E - Saskatoon, SK - S7H 0W2 > > Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-664-1161 Saskatoon > Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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