Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:43:05 +0100 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: vogelke+unix@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Whic mail server? Message-ID: <d36406630909280243o3cf8913ew4e171012af55504a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090928013436.D04F9BE4C@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> References: <721122.91358.qm@web56206.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <20090928013436.D04F9BE4C@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil>
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2009/9/28 Karl Vogel <vogelke+unix@pobox.com <vogelke%2Bunix@pobox.com>>
> >> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:01:22 -0700 (PDT),
> >> Aflatoon Aflatooni <aaflatooni@yahoo.com> said:
>
> A> I am running a server that is acting as the mail server for only
> A> internal users (about 50 users). Currently we are running Sendmail...
>
> First things first: if you're happy with Sendmail and your system works
> to your satisfaction, I'd leave it be. Just watch your logs and keep an
> eye out for security patches.
>
> A> I am wondering if qmail is thought to be better than sendmail.
>
> There are fanboys on all three sides of that question ("yes", "no", and
> "qmail bites, use this-other-MTA instead"). I switched from sendmail to
> qmail on a server because I had an odd corner case that qmail happened
> to handle just about perfectly. I also botched a qmail install on my
> own workstation, didn't feel like finding out what I did wrong, and
> decided to install Postfix instead.
>
> I've had fine experiences with both qmail and Postfix. If you're
> using a system that's a little under-powered, you might appreciate Dr.
> Bernstein's efforts to make qmail and its supporting tools *very* frugal
> with OS resources. If you're used to the sendmail way of doing things,
> you'd probably be better off with Postfix.
>
> I like Dr. Bernstein's programming approach, but be prepared to spend
> time getting used to his way of setting up network daemons, etc. It's
> internally consistent but *very* different. It takes me 30-40 minutes
> to install all of the qmail stuff from source because I've done it at
> least 6 or 7 times; I could probably cut that in half if I didn't save
> build and installation outputs for my logs. My first time took most of
> a weekend to figure out what was going on.
>
> A> Any suggestions on spam filters like spam-assassin?
>
> I tried SA a few years ago, and it was a little heavy-weight for my
> filtering needs. I use a simple Bayesian filter (ifile) trained on
> around 100,000 spams plus some procmail rules, and I get along fine.
> Your mileage will vary. I saw some other comments:
>
> >> Qmail is not, nor has it been, actively supported for years.
>
> Depends on what you mean by support. The user community is very active;
> have a look at http://www.ornl.gov/lists/mailing-lists/qmail/ if you
> doubt it. OTOH, said community can be a bit, um, brusque, but the Qmail
> Handbook and the "Life with Qmail" webpage filled in the blanks for me.
>
> >> Qmail has a very limited set of features...
>
> It's intended to handle one problem well, which it does. If you have
> some other requirements, http://www.qmail.org/ probably has a plugin
> that will do what you want.
>
> OK, now let's settle which text editor is best.
>
> --
> Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company
> They say marriages are made in heaven. So is thunder and lightning.
> --Clint Eastwood
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exim is worth a look, it scales very well and is fairly easy to understand.
I also has a very powerful acl language for filtering and plugs directly
into lots of av/anti spam stuff
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