On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:33:08AM -0600, Justin Hansen wrote: > What flavor of Linux is the best for email only? > > Is there a dist. that is striped down to nothing but an Email Server? We > have some cobalt boxes, but I want to build one myself. I'm a Linux newbie. > This will be my first shot. If I can get that up I will go for a > CF/Postgress server next. > > Where should I go to start my research?
It hasn't been mentioned here, but another alternative is using 'exim' for your mail server. It's the default server for Debian distros so I've been using it around here for a while now. I've never used qmail, but one thing I like about exim is it acts like Sendmail still on the command line, so any perl/php scripts that might be on the box can be written assuming Sendmail is there. Sendmail's a bear to configure historically, but that changed quite a bit when the 'M4' macro engine was used to take care of the nitty-gritty details. I've used both Sendmail and exim now, and I'm sticking with exim until I have a good reason to switch off it. Just my two cents though. Justin Buist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-linux%40houseoffusion.com/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_linux or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
