Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 14:25:58 -0500 From: Tony Wells <awells@journalstar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail vs qmail ? Message-ID: <37961EC6.64E1455F@journalstar.com> References: <19990721062819.7683.rocketmail@web1001.mail.yahoo.com>
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Phillip Greenspun, who wrote "Database backed web sites", seems to like post.office, although I haven't personally had any experience with it. Here's a URL with his review: http://photo.net/wtr/post-office.html Maybe some guru out there knows more about it. P.S. I think it costs money, if that's a factor. "Jean-Pierre H. Dumas" wrote: > > OK, I have set up DNS and apache and sendmail, on > FreeBSD 3.2R, out of the box. > Everything run fine, but... > As this is going to be a *unattended server*, with very little Unix > knowledge once I quit the company, I am > wondering about qmail instead of sendmail. > > For two main reasons: > 1. Security (the net is full of FAQs, Howtos, rumors, > etc. and they all say the same, basically) > Everywhere I read: sendmail is a potential threat > to security, qmail is the thing to go. > 2. Ease of administration: I this machine will be > a pure server, *no* users will ever login into it. > just POP3, and HTML and FTP, to the max. So, somewhere > in the voluminous qmail blurbs, ads, FAQs, etc I read > that it is possible to have users *without* a regular > unix account. (Does this means what I dream of, no > entry in /etc/passwd and co. ?) > > Question: Is this really possible, if yes how, where > is it practically documented ? > If not, what is the best way to go to set up a mail > server, with all the users files in a easy to > administer place, no security threats. ? > > Currently sendmail on FreeBSD + Netscape/Eudora on > Windows is working OK, but I have to set up users > account, and it may prove a little heavy for the > future part time administrator without unix knowledge > and no willingness to get any. > (vipw is out of question, definitely, and adduser > is possible but I am not sure it is so foolproof and > idiotproof) > > Thanks for any knowledgeable help. > Thanks again to those who helped me with 2.2.8 vs 3.2 > > Jean-Pierre Dumas > jphdumas@yahoo.fr > jphdumas@oz.igh.cnrs.fr > ___________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Votre e-mail @yahoo.fr gratuit sur http://courrier.yahoo.fr > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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