From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 23 14:22:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0CC8B37B401 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2001 14:22:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 4987 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2001 21:22:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.133.148) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 23 Oct 2001 21:22:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 2813 invoked from network); 23 Oct 2001 21:15:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mother) (192.168.1.2) by 192.168.1.1 with SMTP; 23 Oct 2001 21:15:56 -0000 From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "FreeBSD" , "Scott Gerhardt" Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:14:49 -0400 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Recommended MTA Message-Id: <20011023212241.0CC8B37B401@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 00:47:34 -0600, Scott Gerhardt wrote: >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? i didn't like sendmail, it was way to confusing for me to hack into.. i am running qmail now, i think it took about 2hrs to setup.. the list server uses postfix, which is probably what i would use if i hadn't already setup qmail... qmail is really secure though. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message