Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:38:34 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with setting up a mail server Message-ID: <AANLkTim5l6INahwHQpwzVC0JhaIcZxIRtqadRopMUN0M@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikAuZ7O_bWGiAGIv1hB1WMJ3Pi0z4KxVdo7oBVI@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100720092644.28643f19aryeh.friedman%gmail.com@flosoft.no-ip.biz> <20100720093328.4f1bd5d0@scorpio> <20100720094609.02f88f0baryeh.friedman%gmail.com@flosoft.no-ip.biz> <AANLkTim0HBZSp2dtajpBOn8LHycClAwFrAH6OU-eLkXb@mail.gmail.com> <20100720165003.42ce7fc7@scorpio> <AANLkTikAuZ7O_bWGiAGIv1hB1WMJ3Pi0z4KxVdo7oBVI@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/20/10, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:03:55 +0300 >> Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> articulated: >> >> >>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman >>> <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:33:28 -0400 >>> > Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> wrote: >>> > >>> >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:26:44 -0400 >>> >> Aryeh M. Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> articulated: >>> >> >>> >> > I am a consultant and was retained by my client to setup qmail or >>> >> > exim on a VPS running 8.0-STABLE (i386). After setting up the DNS >>> >> > (A record and MX record) we have been unable to send or receive >>> >> > mail. The client has/had a working script for installing qmail on >>> >> > 7.1-STABLE but it seems to not work on 8.0-STABLE. They are using >>> >> > the same VPS provider who this 7.1-STABLE install script worked >>> >> > under. I have tried everything I can think of to make it work >>> >> > including asking obvious questions on -questions@. >>> >> > >>> >> > I informed the client that the task is likely beyond me capabilities >>> >> > but I would help recruit someone who would be able to do it at a >>> >> > reasonable fee paid to them (I am acting as a no cost middle man on >>> >> > this [I am helping the client for free since I was unable to get it >>> >> > done]). >>> >> > >>> >> > Please send any ideas and/or offers to do the job >>> >> >>> >> I would seriously suggest that you consider installing Postfix. It is >>> >> in the ports tree, is well maintained and works out of the box. The >>> >> Postfix forum will be glad to give you any advice you need for setting >>> >> up and securing your mail server. Qmail is no longer supported by its >>> >> author and can be a nightmare to maintain. >>> >> >>> > >>> > We had also tried sendmail and couldn't get that working either so I >>> > suspect it is a general config issue not a MTA one. (I have set >>> > sendmail up about 30 times in the past so I know a little bit about it) >>> >>> Exim is a very good choice. Forget the Postfix suggestions. It's >>> Sendmail's brother:-) >> >> At least Postfix is fully RFC compliant, as opposed to Exim. >> >> SEE: RFC 2034 (SMTP enhanced status codes), RFC 3461-4 (delivery status >> notifications), RFC 1652 (8-bit MIME including 8->7bit conversion) >> among others. > > I doubt anyone makes a choice on an MTA (or any other software) based > on it's RFC-compliance. > In my experience, it's normally boils down to: > > 1. It has the features that I want > 2. I can swim with it in times of toruble I for one like to know that it is RFC compliant. it's a reason RFCs are made, so there can be standardization... So yes, I do choose based on compliance. (anyone use Firefox over IE at work because Firefox "works better"?) "Did you get my email?" "no, but i get everyone elses, let's check the logs and find out why"
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