Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:54:31 +0200 From: Frank Sonnemans <frank.sonnemans@euronet.be> To: Adam Fladwood <adam@wiredrave.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail -or- Qmail? Message-ID: <1733062114.972395671@[192.168.1.1]> In-Reply-To: <NEBBLMHKKLGHANKONFLMKEAECIAA.adam@wiredrave.com>
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I have recently switched all my computers from Qmail to Postfix. I found both to be excellent replacements for Sendmail. I could not get Sendmail to work properly. Setting up Qmail or Postfix is relatively easy with the available documentation. For installation I found Postfix on FreeBSD the best. Just install it from the ports dir and edit only one config file. Setting up Qmail is much more involved. You will have to write your own setup scripts and edit multiple configuration files. This is one of the reasons I switched to Postfix. I found the documentation clearer (some will disagree) and configuration much easier, because you just edit one simple well documented config file instead of editing many short config files. I also did not like the way qmail is started up using the "daemontools". Furthermore Postfix is designed as a Sendmail replacement, meaning that it tries to stay compatible with the Sendmail interface. My advice go with Postfix. (www.postfix.org and use also the howto on the www.redhat.com site) --On Tuesday, October 24, 2000 5:36 PM -0500 Adam Fladwood <adam@wiredrave.com> wrote: > I've been trying to figure out what I should do... I'm the systems admin > for an ISP that has a prettt steady flow of Mail. However sendmail seems > to be to much for me to handle as far as setting up certain rules and > stuff. I mean I have the sendmail book, but hell, that doesn't help a > whole lot w/ the rules - I don't have time to sit and read it. > > I've heard qmail is easier to configure and I've also heard it's faster... > is this true? What does everyone else use/recommend? > > Thanks! > > Adam > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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