G'day...
Basically, my biggest two factors for choice are:
* How easy is it to set up in a DMZ and relay onto a host in the
internal network?
* How secure is it.
Wow, qmail and postfix really seem to flame each other in regards to
security. Some mutual chips on shoulders it would seem. :)
Of course, spam filtering (using a variety of methods, including the
statistical analysis talked of end of last year) and integration with
anti-virus software is also important.
I've ruled out qmail due to its non-Open licensing.
So I guess the main two contenders left would be postfix and exim... I'm
leaning towards exim, but its only hunch based atm...
Thanks for all help given so far, and for any further discussion. (You've
all been great so far!)
Mike
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Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [SLUG] Postfix vs Qmail
<quote who="Stuart Guthrie">
> What about Exim?
>
> http://www.exim.org/
>
> I've heard it's better than both postfix and qmail.
"Different"... It's just another MTA. Whilst postfix is a drop-in
replacement for sendmail, a lot of sendmail admins will find exim easier
going, as it's a bit more hackable and flexible. You get used to that with
sendmail. Exim documentation rocks way hard, and you can do some really
funky stuff with it.
If you're more anal-retentive, and like your systems clear-cut, ship-shape
and so on, postfix is probably a better match. There are some things that
are harder to do (wildly dynamic stuff isn't postfix's cup of tea), but
it's
well architected, and easy to understand.
I personally prefer postfix for most tasks, but there are massive, million
account systems running qmail, postfix, sendmail, exim, zmailer, courier,
etc.
Choosing the right one for your task is the cunning part.
- Jeff
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