Mail Server

neidorff neidorff at gmail.com
Tue Jul 25 12:19:38 UTC 2006


On 7/25/06, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 04:49:49PM +0530, Vinayak Mahadevan wrote:
> > I am basically confused as to what mailing system I should use. Sendmail
> or
> > qmail? Because in one site they had mentioned that sendmail is not that
> good
> > compared to qmail.
>
> You should not use qmail, as it is not supported anymore by its original
> author and is not open source, so no one else can really do so either.


I'm not trying to start a fight.  I understand that there will be a version
2 of qmail coming out.  It will include many of the patches that have been
put out over the years.  The fact that the basic source code works, and is
secure since it was released in 1988 speaks well for qmail.  "...is not open
source..." no, you can't distribute changed source code, but you can
distribute patches to the source code which, (IMO, and I know that others
disagree) amounts to the same thing.  Qmail is being actively supported.
There are patches available  which "fix" and enhance qmail.  If you want a
near no-brainer installation guide, check out www.qmailrocks.com (many
patches are included).

Now, for what no one is saying...e-mail servers are complex.  You need to
understand your overall needs before deploying an e-mail server.  There are
so many permutations that I can't begin to enumerate them here.

Mark

I recommend postfix, which has the advantage of a secure design like qmail,
> but is actively maintained.
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