Re: mail server

[Stig Brautaset <stigbrau@start.no>]

* Paul A. Thomas <bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com> spake thus:
> I would like to put a REALLY small email server up at work using Debian
> ( I have a RH box I've put together but I like ... the feel of this list
> / what it says about Debian vs what I've encountered with RH ).
> I had heard about Sendmail and have visited their web site, however did
> not see anything approaching a quick and dirty method to get up and
> running.  Actually didn't see a manual at all.  I presume the man page
> within the application itself would be what I'm after.
> The more I look the more it looks like Sendmail is a project.
> Which, if any, Linux based Email server applications require the least
> tuning to get operational?  Or are they all fairly 'configurable' and
> thus time consuming?  And of those recommended should we avoid any due
> to illogical security defaults as with anything Microsoft puts out for
> Email?

Exim, the default MTA on Debian, is very simple to get up and working.

Stig

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