Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:44:31 -0500 From: Gary <gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing from POP3 server to IMAP server Message-ID: <20030929214431.14449.qmail@letric.mygirlfriday.info> In-Reply-To: <20030929212313.87493.qmail@web10010.mail.yahoo.com> References: <1860000.1064868250@[192.168.0.5]> <20030929212313.87493.qmail@web10010.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 02:23:13PM -0700 or thereabouts, Naveen Glore wrote: > Currently I am using sendmail MTA. I heard that sendmail is not very > secured. Do i need to switch to qmail before going for IMAP? Now you are opening up a can of worms <g> Like the VI versus emacs war, which is better. Personal opinion, over the years, I started off with Sendmail, then moved to Postfix, and for the last couple of years, have moved to qmail. I will not move again. Sendmail has a long history of security bugs, 2 this year, I believe. It is still the #1 MTA on the net, as it has been around the longest. Postfix had a couple, qmail, none since its inception in 1996. The security guarentee is still in effect. It is modular, not monolithic, very fast, and even the smallest server, say a PII, or a P133 can handle 100-200,000 emails a day without breaking a sweat. It uses the Maildir format (so does postfix now), and will work within a NFS setup as no locking is required. There is a learning curve, but to me worth it. When I build mail servers for others, I choose qmail. BTW, I build them from source, not from the ports... The ports seem to have several patches in there which most people do not need. I just recently switched to FBSD instead of Linux for my mail / DNS servers, and now have two operating in the last 3 weeks, Very fast, smooth, and without problems. Yahoo uses qmail, and another, that has over 15 million users... For more info, www.lifewithqmail.org Regarding IMAP servers, I use Binc which is designed for qmail and its format. It is 10s of 1000s of lines less than the others, and very fast regarding sorting, etc.. Works with OE, Netscape, The Bat!, Mutt, Mulberry, all of the MUAs that support IMAP. It is extremely easy to set up, and there is now a port for it. I could go on and on for my reasons as to why I switched, but I will not bore the list any further. <g> For more info on Binc www.bincimap.org -- Gary My husband bought me a mood ring the other day. When I'm in a good mood, it turns green. When I'm in a bad mood, it leaves a red mark on his forehead.
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