Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 21:01:25 -0800 (PST) From: wellsian <wellsian@caffeine.com> To: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net> Cc: Adam <ajwoodbe@oakland.edu>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Qmail or Sendmail? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002042049570.94611-100000@boris.netgate.net> In-Reply-To: <389BA4FE.323F2A97@ds.net>
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I agree with James. A "200 user" load should be trivial unless they're all using pine at the same time. All (sendmail, postfix, qmail) can do the same things, but qmail and postfix are much simpler to configure and should have fewer security issues. I've tried moving from sendmail to both qmail and postfix. My experience with postfix was the better of the two. It's been a while, but I seem to remember qmail requires (supported) patching to understand /etc/aliases which we depend on heavily. Starting a system from the ground up with either should be roughly equal. Dave On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, James A. Mutter wrote: > Adam wrote: > > > > Which e-mail system would you guys go with for a FreeBSD 3.4 production > > system supporting up to 200 users? I'm looking for an e-mail system that > > performs well on a Pentium II 400 w/128MB of RAM, has good security, is easy > > to configure and isn't (too) buggy. Actually, I've already disabled > > Sendmail and installed Qmail. Everything is running well but since this is > > my first experience with any such *nix e-mail program, I'm stuck wondering > > if I've made a wise decision. I welcome your input. > > > > Either system should be able to handle that load. At this point it's > really a matter of which system you feel more comfortable > administrating. Just curious - why did you dump Sendmail in favor of > Qmail? As long as you're shopping around have you looked at Postfix? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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