On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:00:29 +0530 (IST), "Animesh Bansriyar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > we can observe here that almost all BIG installation > > are on qmail, why exim or postfix is prefarable? (Is > > it really preferable for a new mail server > > installation, if started from scatch?). From this > > discussion, can one conclude that qmail must be choice > > of mail server out of sendmail/exim/postfix etc. > > > Yes qmail is a preferable Mail Server from security point of view but > exim/postfix are easier to setup. Qmail is more difficult to setup and > maintain and the biggest drawback is that for anything extra you need you > have to patch qmail with third party patches. Exim and Postfix are more > modern in design. > > But Still I prefer qmail for production servers due to its sheer > efficiency and security reasons. > > For more information on qmail I would suggest > going through http://lifewithqmail.org, http://cr.yp.to and qmail.org. > > > How can we provide web based access with qmail, like > > yahoo or homail of email provides. > > I would suggest that you read more about SMTP/IMAP/POP3. >
Nice Qmail + webmail stuff http://www.mrw.demon.co.uk/qmail-howto.html http://www.euronet.nl/users/erhnam/linux/qmail/qmail.htm <-- in dutch, but easy to comprehend ;) http://mirror.mricon.com/qvcs-guide/qvcs-guide.html <-- this guid, which i consider pretty well updated and comprehensive Postfix docs are available at many places, the better ones are at moongroup.org and http://advosys.ca/papers/ -- cheers -- Sthitaprajna http://puggy.symonds.net/~zeeble -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Consolidate POP email and Hotmail in one place ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
