Foreword : I *really* don't want to start a flame war on that. I am just _very_ curious. I am currently using Exim. I don't really know a whole lot about it. I just think that it's nice to have a human readable config file and a good documentation. I am considering switching to qmail or postfix (I don't know which one yet) and I would love to know more.
> > The answer? qmail :) I heard that answer a LOT of times. I read (please confirm) that qmail was the best when it came to having a cluster of pop toasters and also that it was the best when it comes to virtual hosting. After all, AOL - Yahoo - Netscape and all are using qmail AFAIK. > actually, the answer is postfix - especially since the original message > said: Again, from what I read, postfix's main priority was security. I read your very interresting post about the differences between qmail and postfix when it comes to licensing issues and backward compatibility with sendmail. What I would like to know is your opinion on how postfix performs on the following points: - Ease of configuration. I don't want to read a whole book to find out how I can enable relay for a range of IP. The fact that it is sendmail compatible scares me on that one. - Scalability. Comparing apples to apples, does postfix provide the tools when it comes to hosting tens of thousands of virtual domains? - Reliability. Email is like dial tone these days, it's important to know how postfix performs on this particular topic. > postfix is also faster than qmail. and more flexible. and with much > better anti-spam features. Could you elaborate on that? > by contrast, postfix has an extremely active development community with > new features and patches being created for it all the time...some of > which even make it into the mainline postfix release if they meet wietse > venema's standards. This is a very important point. I had no idea that qmail's development was so slow and that postfix's was so active. Again, can you give more infos? Again, I appreciate your help in helping people like me get their foot in this door. Sincerely, Haim. -- Whatthehellhashappenedtomydamnspacebar?!?!? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
