Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:48:14 +1000 From: Antony Mawer <lists@mawer.org> To: MikeM <the.lists@mgm51.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: postfix vs. qmail? Message-ID: <42C2A69E.503@mawer.org> In-Reply-To: <200506290913180129.03B76DAC@sentry.24cl.com> References: <B6532FAEDD53D94ABDBFB24C35EF77300A34F063@dcmsmsg01.spectrum-health.org> <200506290913180129.03B76DAC@sentry.24cl.com>
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On 29/06/2005 11:13 PM, MikeM wrote: > On 6/29/2005 at 8:48 AM brian.barto@spectrum-health.org wrote: > > |For one who wants to host email accounts for multiple domains, which > is > |better? I've started installing and configuring qmail according to the > |tutorial on qmailrocks.org but i'm wondering if i should stop and > consider > |postfix before pressing on. > ============= > > I started using qmail but eventually switched to Postfix. I found that > qmail required several [conflicting] patches to get the feature level I > wanted. I also did not like the need to move my box towards what djb > thought a *nix box should be set up. Postfix seems to want to just > drop in to a standard environment. But the items that really made the > choice easy for me are that the Postfix mailing list is excellent, and > that Postfix development is still alive. > > I host multiple virtual domains with Postfix (and Courier-IMAP for the > pop3 amd imap support). I'm another former qmail user who converted to Postfix. I got tired of having to use unsupported patches for qmail to do anything because it didn't fit in with djb's view of how the world should work. Postfix requires a greater time investment in terms of the configuration files, but happily integrates into FreeBSD and is actively developed. (Another echo of support for Courier IMAP as well :-) -Antony
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