Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:46:57 +0800 (PHT) From: "Jett Tayer" <jett@sycorax.ath.cx> To: "Mike Maltese" <mike@pcmedx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail vs. Postfix... Message-ID: <35626.203.190.72.108.1064454417.squirrel@mail.angdatingdaan.org> In-Reply-To: <001a01c382d8$3283c870$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> References: <3F71DC3A.2090900@magidesign.com> <001a01c382d8$3283c870$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com>
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if ur a conservative unix admin, go with sendmail, but for "easiness" use postfix. i have 2 mailservers and is using postfix in one and sendmail on the other. \jett >> Quick question. How hard is it to set up Postfix. I am getting tried of >> Sendmail. Is it hard to set up Postfix to access passwords so that the >> only mail can be sent. > > I've been running Postfix after migrating from Sendmail for the better > part > of a year now. I found it much easier to set up in the areas of virtual > hosts, authentication, relaying and content filtering. I'd suggest > starting > with the Postfix documentation at www.postfix.org. You will also find > several helpful README's in the source distribution, just 'cd > /usr/ports/mail/postfix && make extract' and you can browse through them > before you decide to build and install it. You might also consider joining > the Postfix mailing list, as it's a better place for questions on Postfix > than this list. I'll warn you in advance though, RTFM, because they can be > a > bit hostile if you appear not to have. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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