on 12/4/03 7:21 PM, Bill Cole at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 1:37 PM -0500 12/4/03, Paul List Hess imposed structure on a > stream of electrons, yielding: >> Hi All, >> >> I just had an old iMac handed down to replace and improve my even >> much older mail server which is currently a little old Power Mac >> 6116 that is running SIMS (60MHz?, 700MB Drive, MacOS 9.0.4, SIMS >> and Retrospect Client) reliably for several years. The new machine >> is probably 50x faster which I don't think I care about, has a much >> larger hard drive which will allow me to be a lot less stingy on >> user mailbox sizes and keeping log files, and runs OS/X-10.2. >> >> I was all set to downgrade the new iMac to OS/9 but it feels funny >> to step backwards like that without taking a pause. If you were >> doing it, would you downgrade the new box, keep it at OS/X (seems >> silly to run SIMS under classic mode), or would you bite the bullet >> and try to get up to speed on using the built in OS/X (Unix) mail >> capabilities? >> >> Under Unix I know from distant memory that the routing is pretty >> nice (some sort of .aliases file which, for instance, let me direct >> one alias out to 5 different addresses without creating a fake POP >> mailbox to do the rerouting as I have to do in SIMS). But >> implementing the RBL's would probably be a new hassle sine I think >> it involves extra incantations with scripting etc. I'd also need to >> find instructions on how to set it up initially, figure out if there >> are any new security issues, and find a support community similar to >> this awesome list! >> >> So, if you had a brand new OS/X box dumped on your lap for a mail >> server, what would you do? > > Switch. > > I say that as someone who has written sendmail.cf files by hand, so i > am likely biased. However, you don't need that skill any more given > the m4 structure that sendmail now has, and if you are running > Panther, it even comes with Postfix instead anyway. DNSBL use is NOT > complex these days in Sendmail or Postfix, and with the exception of > the dictionary attack feature of SIMS, there's nothing you cannot do > with an OSX/Postfix machine that you can do with SIMS, and a fair > amount more that you can do. > > Plus, whether you use an old OSX with the included sendmail, or > replace that with Postfix, or get Panther and its included Postfix, > you will have an open source MTA with active development going on. > With SIMS we have a good MTA, but one with a handful of annoying bugs > and some clear areas where improvements could be made but seem > unlikely to ever actually be made. That's a sad situation, but it > makes sense for Stalker from a business perspective. Unfortunately, > the coming year or so is likely to see some serious advances in > anti-spam methodology that are likely to be impossible to tack onto > SIMS from the outside, and unless Stalker changes their minds, SIMS > will be left behind. >
I agree with Bill. :-) Course, HE knows what he's doing...... ;-) Chris ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
