Can I say that the sooner sendmail is _not_ the default MTA for linux
distributions, the better.
On 18-Jan-2000 Nate Bargmann wrote:
> Just this last week I found something in my old Slackware '96 that
> wasn't Y2K compliant. On 11 January Sendmail (8.8.8) began reporting
> name server lookup failures on my ISP's mail server. Everything
> thing else worked fine and my ISP mail was delivered fine, but outgoing
> SMTP mail simply stopped working. So, rather than fight it I switched
> this box over to Debian Slink (2.1) to match my laptop and quit
> fighting the subtle differences between the two.
>
> At this point I haven't delved into the default Debian MTA Exim further
> than getting local mail routed and having my ISP mail routed correctly.
> It looks to be an easier program to learn than Sendmail, and I'll have
> to start working with it once things settle down from the OS switch (still
> getting my favorite apps back and running in the new glibc env).
I have been using exim for several months now (in all sorts of
configurations, for professional and amateur work) and I cannot recommend it
too highly. If you want information see http://www.exim.org
It seems to be very compatible with sendmail "specials" (such as
/etc/aliases, .forward etc) unlike other MTAs such as qmail.
Please would ALL distributions consider using it.
Dirk G1TLH
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Dirk-Jan Koopman, Tobit Computer Co Ltd
At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find
at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer.
