[wtopa@ix.netcom.com: Re: mail server]
Subject: Re: mail server
Date: Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 10:58:19AM -0800
In reply to:wtopa@ix.netcom.com
Quoting wtopa@ix.netcom.com(wtopa@ix.netcom.com):
>
> On Sat, 28 Mar 1998 wtopa@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> >
> > May I suggest www.qmail.org. Forget Smail & Sendmail and get a good
> > MTA. Check the archives of the qmail list. There are Debian users
> > that have qmail running, even tho it is not a debian package. Save
> > yourself a LOT of grief! Use qmail!
>
> If it is grief you are trying to save people, you should be pointing them
> to exim. Qmail has its own set of problems.
Why? I had tried to use Sendmail/Smail for 2 years and had nothing
but grief, 'bat boot', notwithstanding. I then tried Qmail, had it
working better then I EVER had the others wotking, and it took 3 days.
Qmail does everything I could hope for. I have never tried exim. Is
there a pressing reason that I should?
here is some data that was posted on the qmail list. Shows what one
site found to be the most used MTA's
Total 12318 %100.0
-------------------------
Total Sendmail 8639 70.1
unknown 633 5
Qmail 575 4
smap 367 2
PMDF 334 2
Post.Office 223 1
Smail 203 1
Exim 197 1
Microsoft Exchange 180 1
PP 95 0
Netscape Mail Server 93 0
IMail 71 0
ZMailer 64 0
WindowsNT SMTP 64 0
Generic 52 0
MX 38 0
Eudora 37 0
IMS SMTP Receiver 34 0
Groupwise 34 0
SLMail 33 0
Pretend 32 0
Microsoft SMTP 28 0
Mercury 28 0
IBM VM SMTP 27 0
CheckPoint FireWall 23 0
InterLock 20 0
Lotus SMTP MTA Service 19 0
CISCO MultiNet 15 0
Vmailer 15 0
IPAD 14 0
Mail*Link 14 0
TGV MultiNet 14 0
MailSite 13 0
SMTPXD 12 0
AltaVista Mail 11 0
iSMTP 8 0
Apple Internet Mail 8 0
Black Hole 7 0
MDaemon 7 0
iSC 6 0
Intermail 6 0
FirstClass 6 0
Stalker 4 0
Wildcat 3 0
S-Bridge 3 0
GIVEME 3 0
InterScan 3 0
WorldMail 3 0
Is there a reason to use exim over qmail? Is this a Debian Free
Software issue or what?
No flames intended, I just use the software that does the job for
me.
I did not see a post by you suggesting exim. Do you have a problem
with qmail?
Wayne
>
> George Bonser
> Just be thankful that Microsoft does not manufacture pharmaceuticals.
> http://www.debian.org
> Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system.
>
>
> .
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Wayne T. Topa <wtopa@ix.netcom.com>
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