Re: Top mail servers

2008-03-31 Thread Ronald Klop
On Fri Mar 28 16:11:21 CET 2008 Tomcat Users List users@tomcat.apache.org wrote: Folks, I am in the process of hosting a site on Tomcat on Ubuntu. I will be also running a mail server. As per your experience which are the top mail servers? While googling I came to know these names : Sendmail

RE: Top mail servers

2008-03-31 Thread Steffen Heil
Hi I would suggest investigating several different MUAs and deciding which one best balances the capability you need with the pain of configuring it. Properly setting up an MUA, *any* MUA, is not simple. I agree with this, if you replace MUA with MTA... However, my personal preference

Re: Top mail servers

2008-03-31 Thread Alan Chaney
Steffen Heil wrote: It's very fast, relyable and flexible. Agreed. The configuration language is even turing complete... Be aware, that it's initial configuration may be a huge step. On debian/ubuntu you get a multi-file configuration by default, which is good, if the package is updated.

RE: Top mail servers

2008-03-29 Thread Carl Vorster
bounce. It's really cool. Carl -Original Message- From: Srivastava, Abhay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:51 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Top mail servers Has anyone tried Apache James ? It's a java mail server. Abhay Srivastava Reference

Top mail servers

2008-03-28 Thread Srivastava, Abhay
Folks, I am in the process of hosting a site on Tomcat on Ubuntu. I will be also running a mail server. As per your experience which are the top mail servers? While googling I came to know these names : Sendmail Postfix I would appreciate if you can give your inputs. Thanks, abhay

Re: Top mail servers

2008-03-28 Thread Alan Chaney
a mail server. As per your experience which are the top mail servers? While googling I came to know these names : Sendmail Postfix I would appreciate if you can give your inputs. Thanks, abhay !DSPAM:47ed0b5181291562881678

RE: Top mail servers

2008-03-28 Thread Peter Crowther
From: Alan Chaney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exim is supposed to be significantly easier to configure than sendmail. [Beware: opinion ahead!] This is not difficult. Untangling the Gordian knot, blindfold and with no sharp objects in reach, is easier than getting a correct sendmail.cf... most

Re: Top mail servers

2008-03-28 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Abhay, Srivastava, Abhay wrote: | Sendmail | Postfix There's also exim (typically installed on Debian Linux and related distros) and qmail. In spite of qmail's many non-standard configuration, installation, and operation choices, it's a lean, mean,

Re: Top mail servers

2008-03-28 Thread Mark H. Wood
Another happy multiple Exim user here. I migrated from Smail, and also operated an MMDF descendant called PMDF for several years, so that may explain my preference. I would suggest investigating several different MUAs and deciding which one best balances the capability you need with the pain of

RE: Top mail servers

2008-03-28 Thread Srivastava, Abhay
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 2:18 PM To: users@tomcat.apache.org Subject: Re: Top mail servers Another happy multiple Exim user here. I migrated from Smail, and also operated an MMDF descendant called PMDF for several years, so that may explain my preference. I would suggest investigating

RE: Top mail servers

2008-03-28 Thread Srivastava, Abhay
To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: Top mail servers Thanks a lot Guys. So is Exim better than Sendmail in terms of robustness and faster service? Abhay Srivastava Reference Architecture Shared Services and Architecture | Smith Barney Technology | CitiGroup GWM (212) 657 - 4617 -Original Message

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2008-03-28 Thread Andrew Miehs
On 28/03/2008, at 8:47 PM, Srivastava, Abhay wrote: Thanks a lot Guys. So is Exim better than Sendmail in terms of robustness and faster service? It very much depends on what you want to do. I am a big postfix fan - exim is supposedly also great. qmail is also very good. But these are only

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2008-03-28 Thread Srivastava, Abhay
and Architecture | Smith Barney Technology | CitiGroup GWM (212) 657 - 4617 -Original Message- From: Andrew Miehs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 5:36 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: [OT] Re: Top mail servers On 28/03/2008, at 8:47 PM, Srivastava, Abhay wrote: Thanks

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2008-03-28 Thread Andrew Miehs
On 28/03/2008, at 10:40 PM, Srivastava, Abhay wrote: Hi Andrew, I dn't have experience with either of them. SO which one do you suggest should be a good selection to start with ? I prefer postfix - simple and fast and its what I know. My users don't be reading the mails right now. But,