Kevin O'Rourke wrote: > When I initially set up our mail server I followed the instructions at > http://www.qmailrocks.org/ and ended up with a system that does > everything we want plus quite a lot of things we don't need (virtual > domains for one). > > I'll be leaving the organisation in the near future and I want to make > sure that the server is as easy to manage as possible. Qmail is a > nightmare because it can't be updated automatically, you need to > download Qmail itself then apply all the patches needed to make it useful. > > So, I'm planning to migrate to exim because that's well-supported on > Debian, which is what our server runs. > > Our current setup is using Qmail (for SMTP and POP3), vpopmail, > Courier-IMAP, clamav, spamassassin and SquirrelMail. > > I'm planning to move to exim (for SMTP, dropping POP3), no virtual > domains, Courier-IMAP and SquirrelMail. I'll probably add virus and > spam scanning once the system's working. > > Does anyone have any experiences of problems and pitfalls I'm likely to > encounter. > > Fortunately, we don't have many users just now, so moving everybody's > mailbox to their home directory and fixing permissions isn't a huge job. > > I'll be grateful for any feedback, > Kevin O'Rourke > ICT Coordinator, National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria >
For what it's worth I think you'll be a LOT happier with Exim that you were with Qmail. > > -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
