From: Andrew Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> The closest MTA that is supported that I can have on my system is >> postfix but I have just moved from postfix to zmailer. > >Is there a specific reason you did this?
Yes. When I started to look at postfix, as a move away from sendmail, I started to look at the documentation on-line and found that there was no PDF. I considered that I might be able to contribute to postfix in the area of documentation, so I downloaded it to see what sort of a project it was and to see if I might be able to contribute. Having been burnt badly in the past the first thing I went to check was the source code license. Its the IPL (IBM Public License). But this was after some searching. It's not obvious from the web site. I mentioned this to the author and got a very rude response that indicated my help would not be welcome.
Whatever open source MTA I use I want there to be a possibility that I might be able to contribute in areas such as bug reports, enhancement requests, fixes and documentation improvements. But in order for this to happen the license needs to be clear and GPL'like, and there should be a reasonable chance that contributions will be accepted or at least considered. zmailer seems to offer more scope than postfix.
Though it's not what I use, I think what you're looking for is Courier. It's popular, well maintained, under active development, GPL, author regularly participates on the mailing list, etc.
Chris Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator JM Associates
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