Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 00:47:39 -0400 From: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re: qmail vs sendmail (after failed attempts at sending) Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20000518004736.01f076b0@mail.enterit.com>
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>Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 21:32:28 EST >From: "Postmaster" <postmaster@enterweb.enterit.com> >Sender: <postmaster@enterweb.enterit.com> >To: <jconner@enterit.com> >Subject: Undeliverable Mail >X-Mailer: <SMTP32 v990413> > >Delivery failed 20 attempts: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > >Original message follows. > >Received: from KWAN [209.45.199.38] by enterweb.enterit.com with ESMTP > (SMTPD32-5.04) id A36592B00F4; Wed, 17 May 2000 13:14:13 EST >Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.20000517132024.00ac4978@mail.enterit.com> >X-Sender: notjames@mail.pseudonet.org >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 >Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 13:24:48 -0400 >To: "Robert Small" <rsmall@pwahec.org>, > "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >From: Jim C <jconner@enterit.com> >Subject: Re: Guidance with Sendmail or Qmail >In-Reply-To: <NDBBLNNFGKDKKFCHCHBPAEHCDCAA.rsmall@pwahec.org> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >IMO sendmail is a breeze to set up where qmail was a bit more detailed and >structured to get it to work properly. I actually got qmail and sendmail >to work together though :) Sendmail is configured on my machine to use the >Maildir format mail boxes and I am using qpopper to do the pop3 >service. The most difficult part of qmail for me was getting qpopper to >work since it needs an outside bin to do the authentication for it. The >instructions on the qmail website are pretty cryptic until you start to >understand how they are formatted. Sendmail on the other hand was very >easy to setup if you go by the README. It was basicly a set of about 5 >things (commands) you had to do to get it installed and working. So, imo, >for your system, sendmail is probably all you need to do the service but if >you are paranoid about security, qmail is supposed to be extremely more >secure than sendmail. I have never had any problems with sendmail though. > >- Jim PS - anyone know why these are not getting through all the time. This is the 4th one I have had problems with in the last 2 weeks. - Jim >At 11.22 17.05.00 -0500, Robert Small wrote: > >I'm really new to FreeBSD, I've only been using it for the past two months > >(and the > >whole two months I've kicked myself for waiting so long to start using it!). > > > >Anyways, I've regerested my domain today, and I was wondering if someone > >could > >point me in the right direction for setting up mail, either Sendmail or > >Qmail. > > > >This system will probably have very few users, and is mainly for me and my > >[message truncated] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today's errors, in contrast: Windows - "Invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0032:A16F2935" UNIX - "segmentation fault - core dumped" Humanous Beingsus - "OOPS, I've fallen and I can't get up" ------------------------------- Jim Conner NOTJames jconner@enterit.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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