Re: [tlug] Mail Server

[Neil Bortnak <nbortnak@example.com>]

Hi James,

FWIW I'd go with Postfix. Postfix seems to be gaining ground as the #2
mail server and as a person who used to read and write bare sendmail.cf
files (m4 is fer wimps and commies!), it's *WAY* easier.

It's well-supported, flexible, secure and uses the IBM Public License
(OSI approved). It ships as the default in a few of the distros now, but
installing it is easy in any of them.

Frankly though, from what I understand postfix and qmail are virtually
identical and exim isn't that far off. Most importantly, none of them
are sendmail, so choose whichever one you like.

Neil


On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 14:32, James Cluff wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am was just going to install a mail server, but have only a little
> experience with senmail and haven't played with anything else yet.  I
> searched the archives to see if anyone was using Qmail or Exim or anything
> besides Sendmail or had any experience or recommendations but found
> nothing - which I thought was strange.
> 
> Exim is obviously GPL per their site, Qmail license is well rather confusing
> and per my search on google no comment I have read yet clarifies it in the
> least.
> 
> All three seem to be quite popular and well supported.
> 
> Does anyone have any advise or preferences relative to mail servers?
> 
> James Cluff
> 
> Tokyo Kasei Kogyo, Ltd.
> 
> jc@example.com
> phone 81-3-5640-8862
> fax 81-3-5640-8869
> 4-10-2 Nihonbashi-Honcho
> Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023 Japan
> www.tokyokasei.co.jp