From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 21 8:54:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from inet.chip-web.com (c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D65114D7C for ; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 08:54:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: (qmail 18882 invoked from network); 21 Jul 1999 15:54:02 -0000 Received: from speedy.chip-web.com (HELO speedy) (172.16.1.1) by inet.chip-web.com with SMTP; 21 Jul 1999 15:54:02 -0000 Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990721084947.00ad3740@toy> X-Sender: ludwigp@toy (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 08:54:03 -0700 To: "Jean-Pierre H. Dumas" , Doug From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: sendmail vs qmail ? Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <19990721062819.7683.rocketmail@web1001.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 11:35 PM 7/20/1999 -0700, Doug wrote: >you can set up a .qmail-user for the non existent user in /var/qmai/alias/, >and have the mail forwarded to that account sepcified like >president@whitehouse.gov >I dunno about not adding a user but having pop for a non-existent user, >but security wise, sendmail can be secure if your an atentive admin, qmail >is your best bet From the qmail.org web page, I found Paul Gregg's "Single UID Mailbox HOWTO" at http://www.tibus.net/pgregg/projects/ I recommend qmail. Not only do I not worry about security with it, but setting it up is so easy. Just a few files in /var/qmail/control about what domains qmail accepts mail for, and you're pretty much all set. Be sure to read the qmail FAQ. --Ludwig Pummer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message