On Tue, Jan 04, 2000 at 08:03:27AM -0500, Greg Owen wrote:
> > And, should I have to add the domains in rcpthosts? I tried to
> > add some domains and such in smtproutes(and rcpthosts), but it seems to
> > me that qmail checks the MX record anyway, and just forwards the mail
> > to the right mx host.
>
> They should be in rcpthosts. I haven't tested to know what happens
> if they are in MX but not rcpthosts, so I can't advise, but I'd probably
> generally advise to follow the docs in any case ;>.
Hehe ok. I just had to wonder, if I had gotten it all wrong, by adding
it to rcpthosts. I would get "not in my rcpthosts file" if I didn't add
it.
> > I'm told that Sendmail wil do this better than qmail, but since the
> > one who told me doesn't really like qmail I would appreciate some
> > ideas/thoughts on this matter from you all :)
>
> Why are you running a relay? Is it for security or performance
> reasons? If security, then the case against sendmail is pretty well made.
> If for performance, either sendmail or qmail will handle most "normal"
> loads, but my experience is that qmail handles the "mail has backed up here
> for days and must now be passed on to the newly-up destination" case with
> far less pain than sendmail - which is exactly the case a mail relay expects
> to find itself in.
It's for security reasons.. it will run sendmail on the mailservers
(behind the relay) because it will be on a (allmost) locked network and
security doesn't really matter. But the mail-relay will be in a dmz, so
I installing qmail is actually the best here :) Even though its a
bit more work relaying with qmail than Sendmail ;-)
Thanks for nice answers Greg :-)
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