[Novalug] Internet email servers (maybe off topic)

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Wed Oct 21 22:59:09 EDT 2009


Um, open source or close source???

Jay

> Speaking of flamewars on Emacs and Vi ...  ;)
>
> In all honesty, once I started becoming a huge Debian fanboy,
> I learned to love Exim.  After I setup Mailman on Exim, I never
> wanted to touch Postfix or Sendmail again.
>
> Once Exim became a MTA option in Fedora and then Red Hat
> Enterprise Linux, I was very happy.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bryan Seitz <seitz@bsd-unix.net>
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 08:25:09PM -0400, American Dave wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 06:23:34PM -0400, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
>> > Well,if it was me, I'd use sendmail, because for all it's bugs and
>> > exploits, I've been using it for 20 years, and I think most of the
>> > exploits are behind us.
>>
>> You, sir, are impeding progress.  I stopped using Sendmail last century
>> and have again started using it.  Ridiculous is not even close to
>> describing its configuration.  Learning Sendmail again is good for reminding
>> me how good I've got it in life.
>>
>> Yes, I know it's the most flexible MTA on the planet but there's
>> no excuse for its configuration.   Many a penguin has switched to
>> Sendmail competitors and happiness they have found.
>
> Wow yeah.... I prefer Postfix or Exim.  I even replace sendmail on Solaris
> hosts
> when I have to admin them.
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