Re: MTA choice

[Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 11:55:47AM +0100, Paul Tansom wrote:
> I'm just about to start configuring a mail server with IMAP support on a new
> Debain 2.2r3 install.  Does anyone have any views on the best MTA - no flame
> wars please ;-)
> 
> I was looking to install Postfix with Cyrus for IMAP support.  I need to check
> up on the folder and sub folder handling of the IMAP side of things, but having
> noticed that Exim is installed by default with Debian I thought I'd re-evaluate
> my choices.
> 
> I've only really used Sendmail so far.  Had a brief look at Qmail and didn't
> like the way you configured aliases much.  Anyone got any comments?

AFAIK, exim and postfix are very similar in their features and ease of
setup.  I prefer exim for its extensive documentation on
http://www.exim.org


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Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>