[olug] Mail Relaying w/Filtering

[Mike Peterson Charles]

What are your thoughts on using exim from the experience of using it?
Where is it's place in the list as far as features, ease to configure,
and security?

Both Postfix and Sendmail come with Redhat.
Exim comes with some distributions.
Qmail is part of custom setups like SME Server.

I have only been running Sendmail exclusively.
I worked with Qmail when I tested out E-Smith the former package to SME
Server.


-----Original Message-----
From: olug-admin at olug.org [mailto:olug-admin at olug.org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Cashell
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:12 AM
To: Eric Penne
Cc: olug at olug.org
Subject: Re: [olug] Mail Relaying w/Filtering


At Fri, 22 Nov 02, Unidentified Flying Banana Eric Penne, said:
> It seems as if qmail has this feature also.  I don't want to start a 
> sendmail vs qmail argument, but is one easier to configure than the 
> other?  more secure?  Processor intensive doesn't matter to me since 
> the low volume of emails.  Currently around 20 per day.  Max of around

> 500/day in the next couple years.

Yep, QMail can do this, and quite easily.  In fact, it's basically the
"default" setup.

Without going into a debate on which MTA is better, I doubt there are
many people who will claim that Sendmail is easier to configure, or more
secure, than QMail (Postfix, though I have limited familiarity with it,
can likely do this too, and like QMail, will most likely be easier to
configure and more secure than Sendmail).

Sendmail is complicated.  No way around that.  That very frequently
comes with being powerful, and Sendmail is that also.  It can do some
things that few other mailers can do, and for many sites, it's exactly
what you need.  Personally, I use QMail (I used Sendmail for a while,
then exim, then I had to learn QMail for a position I was holding, and I
got hooked.  I've been using QMail happily ever since).

My personal opinion would be that, unless you need something that only
Sendmail can provide, QMail or Postfix is likely a better option for
you.  Others may disagree, though.

> Thanks
> Eric
> 
> PS I told you I wasn't lazy.

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