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Date:      Wed, 3 Feb 1999 08:44:45 -0500 (EST)
From:      <david@sparks.net>
To:        Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, Casper <casper@acc.am>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-quetions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Patching Mail Server 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.96.990203084121.23182C-100000@sparks.net>
In-Reply-To: <E107y0I-0006gO-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>

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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Dom Mitchell wrote:

> On 3 February 1999, Terry Lambert proclaimed:
> > > Anyone have expirience with changing mail server source ?
> > > What mail server in easier to change (sendmail, qmail ) ?
> > 
> > Just so you get all of the mail servers...
> > 
> > sendmail
> 
> And don't forget exim...

Exim is nice but getting a little feature bloated.  It also *potentially*
has some of the security design problems as sendmail.
 
> > The sendmail guys were very helpful in tems of me wanting to do
> > strange an terrible things to the mail server.
> 
> As is Phil Hazel, correspondingly.  In fatc, I'd go so far as to say
> he's one of the most helpful software authors I've come across. He also
> writes stunning documentation.

I think qmail and postfix will blow the doors off sendmail or exim in
terms of speed.  Postfix is easily the fastest MTA I've worked with.  As
for support and development you've got Wietse and DJB to choose from.
Wietse has been wonderful to work with; I've been with postfix since the
early alpha days when it was vmailer:)

--- David


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