Re: sendmail v/s smail
On Aug 08, Jason Costomiris wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 07, 1997 at 11:48:37PM -0400, Gonzalo A. Diethelm wrote:
> : >From the discussions on this list (I still haven't got my Debian CD),
> : I gather smail is by default installed as the mail system for Debian;
> : even if this is not the case, I have the following question: I'm now
> : using (Slakware and) sendmail, and it works OK, though I'll be damned
> : if I ever understand the sendmail.cf file. Is smail any better? What
> : are the strengths and weaknesses of each package? Why would I switch
> : from sendmail to smail?
>
> Smail:
>
> 1) Very easy to configure. You can practically teach monkeys to do it.
>
> Qmail:
>
> 1) Very easy to configure. I've seen monkeys who can configure it.
:-)) ROTFL
Serious:
smail installs with a nice setup: choose 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5, answer a few
questions, and go with it. Runs out of the box. Needs no monkey to configure
it.
Marcus
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