> On 7 Sep 2017, at 22:05, Bill Cole > <postfixlists-070...@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote: > > On 7 Sep 2017, at 11:09, Stroller wrote: > >>> On 6 Sep 2017, at 14:06, Bill Cole >>> <postfixlists-070...@billmail.scconsult.com> wrote: >>> >>> Obviously some Postfix users do use maildrop but it is not the most common >>> LDA choice for Postfix. I'd be surprised if it is even in the top 4. >> >> Perhaps this question is off topic, but what MTAs are more favoured, please? > > You may have misinterpreted my use of "it" in the second sentence... I was > not referring to Postfix (a Mail Transport Agent) but to maildrop (a Local > Delivery Agent.)
No, I'm afraid I used the wrong terminology. I did indeed intend to ask about LDA's.D > For Postfix, the LDAs that are surely more common are its own 'local' and > 'virtual' LDAs as well as LMTP (which isn't precisely a LDA but is used like > one.) I suspect that the Dovecot LDA (also known as 'deliver') and procmail > are very likely to be more common than maildrop for use with Postfix. Will look into these. Thanks. Stroller.