Re: MTA

[Joe Block <jpb@creol.ucf.edu>]

Matt Garman wrote: 
> I've found postfix to be my favorite mta thus far.  It's configuration
> is very easy.  There is now a debian package of postfix.  I did a
> /usr/local install, though, because I was previously unaware of the Deb
> package.
> 
> I have postfix setup to defer messages until I explicitly flush the
> outgoing mail queue.  I have a simple script in /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ that
> flushes the queue automatically whenever I make a ppp connection.
> 
> I never liked smail or exim, and sendmail seems like overkill for a
> small site.

Count me in as another vote for postfix.  I used to run qmail back when
I still ran RedHat, but switched to postfix a few months before I
switched to Debian.

postfix is a lot easier to configure and has the advantage of being
designed from the beginning for security.

jpb
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Joe Block <jpb@creol.ucf.edu>
CREOL System Administrator

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