Wow this takes me back. I haven't had to deal (much) with mail-agent comparisons for more than a decade.
I've worked with both for both Exim and Postfix, long ago and far away. Based on my memory: Exim is more monolithic and quite a lot easier to understand for an SMTP newcomer to admin while Postfix is faster, more modular, and takes a little more effort to install and maintain. GPL purists will also prefer Exim. Functionally and feature-wise they're nearly identical, and both appear to be actively maintained. HTH On Sun, Dec 24, 2023 at 11:50 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < [email protected]> wrote: > | From: Giles Orr via talk <[email protected]> > > | "exim4" is usually (not always) installed on Debian systems. > > | From: Anthony de Boer via talk <[email protected]> > > | Exim4 would be the right solution on whichever host you designate your > | mailserver. > > | From: Michael Galea via talk <[email protected]> > | > | On my mail server (which runs an exim4 smarthost) my /etc/aliases > resembles: > > I used to use Sendmail but switched to Postfix some time this century. > Why do you choose Exim instead? Is it just that Exim is the default on > debian? > > Postfix tries to be a Sendmail replacement, but better. That made the > transition easier. > > Security-by-design has been a focus of Postfix. I seem to remember at > least one disastrous security problem with Exim. > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch / @el56
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