On 2020-04-29 16:34, Ron Lawrence wrote:
Hi folks,
Tell me if posting question like this is out of bounds. I'm still relatively
new to Linux--but I'm managing my own servers. I'm running Debian 9 and
working in PHP. The application I'm working on needs to be able to send
emails. PHP requires an MTA to be installed for its _mail()_ function to work.
I've installed SendMail, but I'm getting lost in what documentation I have
found for configuration.
Postfix. All day long. (Or Exim, if you really want. Either will do.)
Sendmail used to be, by far, the most popular MTA, but its day is
largely gone, and the documentation for it -- the dreaded "Bat Book"
from O'Reilly among them -- can be impenetrable. 25 years ago, it was
the gold standard. Now, well, yeah. Go with something that's modern,
relatively secure, and relatively easy to set up. Both Exim and Postfix
fit that description, and I've been perfectly happy with Postfix for
quite some time.
Good luck!
-Ken
