On Monday 01 October 2001 07:40 pm, you wrote: > --- lloyd dagoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello, > > > > hi i am new here and i want to ask what's the best > > mail server (in your > > opinion) for a linux/unix platform and why? > > thanks...your answers will be of > > much help = ) > > > > > > lloyd > > hrmm the best Mailservers i think are those that yahoo > uses or those that can handle millions of users :) > hehe kidding aside > > if you are asking about MTA's well the answer is > depende :) > > every mta has it's pros's and con's > i suggest you go read and visit this url's > > www.postfix.org > www.sendmail.org > www.qmail.org > www.exim.org > > these are the 4 most common used mta's in a *nix/linux > envirorment > opinions will differ for every person but ill try to > give you some information about this four > > > postfix is a drop in replacement for sendmail > it is fast easy to configure and not as monolithic as > sendmail and it keeps almost 100% compatibility with > sendmail it is very actively devoloped it is stable > and secure ( only one exploit that i know of and that > was like years ago ) yet it is still young so expect > more improvements from it > > sendmail - the mother of all mothers the oldest of the > 4 mta's (defacto standard? :) ) some people would > swear by it, a very powerful mta but has it share with > security issues cause of its monolithic nature ( > recently another exploit was found local root exploit) > very hard to configure (cause i dont use it thats why) > > :) and yet it's features are unmatched if you know how > > to use it stick with it specially with the new > 8.12(not sure about the version) running as non suid > root and yeah i heard it would not be monolithic ... > > qmail ( im a qmail user but ill try not to be bias) > qmail is an advanced smtp server .. a replacement for > sendmail.. it's not monolithic and has been tested to > work gracefully on high loads ( yahoo, hotmail to name > a few who use it ) > one of its best traits is its design, security and > straigh forward configuration.( some people say qmail > is hard to configure :) i say they are just to lazy to > read ) > it has a very strict licensing (DJB style licensing) > but yes still free. > it is not actively developed by djb anymore ( he's to > busy suing the US govt. :) ) hehe been years ( the > last version released was version 1.03 - 1998) but > there are other people who release patches for it > one thing i can say .. qmail + ldap (www.nrg4u.com > rocks) > > IT'S NOT JUST SECURE.. IT'S "DJBSECURE" > no known exploit or whatsoever (all hear say :)) > (fast secure and reliable what else can you ask for) > > exim - is sendmail and qmail in one (i read about > this a long time ago ) good for small and not so big > mailservers, easy to configure (debian distro has it > as default mta) but has a couple of bugs recently > > well, read more and choose the one you like and fits > your taste .. > > -Dek > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--yeah kinda long but it was informative thanks so much....choices for reading norrowed down to qmail and postfix hehehe = ) lloyd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > http://phone.yahoo.com > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at > http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
