On 7/25/06, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
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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