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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: RFC: FAQ addition
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I'm thinking of adding to our FAQ something about the ever-reccuring
question:

	What other mail-server software can I use, instead of Sendmail?

This is a bit tough though.  I don't like to go on a 'write everything
in a single faq answer' quest, since FAQ answers should be short, and
to the point.  What do you think of something like the following?

      <qandaentry>
        <question id="sendmail-alternative">
          <para>What other mail-server software can I use, instead of
	    Sendmail?</para>
        </question>

        <answer>
          <para><ulink url="http://www.sendmail.org/">Sendmail</a> is
            the default mail-server software for FreeBSD, but you can
            easily replace it with one of the other MTA (for instance,
            an MTA installed from the ports).</para>

          <para>There are various alternative MTA's in the ports tree
            already, with
            <ulink url="http://www.qmail.org/">Qmail</ulink>,
            <ulink url="http://www.postfix.org/">Postfix</ulink>, and
            <ulink url="http://www.exim.org/">Exim</ulink> being some
            of the most popular choises.</para>

	  <para>Diversity is nice, and the fact that you have many
            different mail-servers to chose from is considered a
            <emphasis>good thing</emphasis>, therefore try to avoid
            asking questions like <quote>Is Sendmail better than
            Qmail?</quote> in the mailing lists.  If you do feel like
            asking, first check the mailing list archives.  The
            advantages and disadvantages of each and every one of the
            available MTA's have already been discussed a few
            times.</para>
	</answer>
      </qandaentry>

- Giorgos


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