At 07:12 AM 7/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Anyway, I would like to start using Linux a bit more as a server platform >at work. I have been using it on some workstations, but the bulk of my >servers are Solaris. This is mainly due to Linux's poor support of >NIS+. Since I am moving to LDAP, it opens the door for me.
Go Linux.. >One of the first things I want to move over is my MTA. I am presetnly >using Sun's supplied Sendmail as the MTA. I have been looking into Exim, >Qmail, and Postfix as replacements since they all seem to have a wide >following in the Linux community. >So, who is using what, and what are their experiences with each? I know >John Hebert is using Qmail (I think anyway). RedHat comes with Posfix and >Sendmail by default. Which MTAs have better support for virus/spam >filters? Which ones are easier to configure? Also, since M$ bought RAV >antivirus, I am in the market for a replacement for that also. I am happy with Postfix or qmail. I have Postfix at some sites, and qmail at others. Both are very easy to configure, and you can plug just about anything into them. I would have immediately suggested qmail since RAV anti-virus plugs right into it, but well, you know the future of that product.. Anyway, of the two you can really go on which one you think you will enjoy managing the most. They are both the same really when it comes to security and ease of administration. One patch you should consider if using qmail is qmail-ldap, which lets you drive qmail using an LDAP back-end. I do this at one site to push qmail and a contact management system (http://www.puryear-it.com/images/mail_ss2.jpg). At another site we drive Postfix and Courier-MTA with MySQL, and use another custom web app to manage it all. So with Postfix or qmail you can: 1. ensure a minimum level of security 2. build a nice interface to manage the service 3. centrally store the user information 4. use Maildir instead of mbox With qmail you can also centrally store the MTA configuration so that you can drive n qmail-based mail servers quite easily. Be sure to use Maildir and not mbox when you make the change. Not sure what you are using now.. --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com> Providing expertise in the management, integration, and security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications.
