[olug] qmail or sendmail - behind Cox of course...

Jeff Hinrichs jlh at cox.net
Wed Mar 20 05:48:41 UTC 2002


Exim users unite!<g>
-Jeff
p.s.  I like exim because I don't have the patience or need  for anything
else.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Brutsche" <phil at giedi.obix.com>
To: <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] qmail or sendmail - behind Cox of course...


> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
>
> > Hi Everybody,
> >
> > I'm trying to build my new web server for my www.mvjs.com web site - I'm
=
> > trying to get sendmail figured out to work behind the Linksys router and
=
> > such, but wondering if qmail is simplier to install/configure?
>
> If you're not familiar with configuring & running email servers, they'll
> both be complex to install & configure.
>
> I would recommend Exim, as one of the most straightforward configuration
> systems out there, doesn't need 10000 [1] conflicting third party patches
> to fix bugs or add functionality, and has a hell of a lot of excellent
> documentation [2][3].
>
> OTOH, most people on this list use qmail, so you're more likely to be able
> to find lots of people willing to help when you inevitably run into
> trouble.
>
> [1] OK, it's more like 3 or 4, but you get the idea
>
> [2] As you can tell, I'm not impressed with people's insistence on using
> imperfect solutions like sendmail, qmail, or postfix when The Perfect SMTP
> Agent is already available :)
>
> [3] You might have guessed that I'm just slightly opinionated when it
> comes to these things :)
>
> --
>
> Phil
>
>
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