Re: mail server

[ben <benfoley@rcn.com>]

On Wednesday 09 January 2002 05:39 pm, Paul A. Thomas wrote:
> 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?
>
> Thanks
>
>    Paul

first off, have you ever heard of a linux email-virus? do a google search and 
if you find one, let me know. there are a few different mail server apps 
available in linux. personally, i use exim, and i also used it a few years 
back for a mail server that was used by a law firm; and i've never had any 
complaints from them. while exim may appear a tad complicated, at first, it 
is nowhere near the complexity of sendmail, and, once you develop some 
familiarity with it, you won't want anything else. the lawyers i mentioned 
were all using widows machines to access mail on a linux server, in case 
that's an issue. check out the web page at www.exim.org. as for security 
flaws, ask yourself why microsoft mail apps are the favorite target, and 
there's your answer.