Re: How to (Sendmail)


Subject: Re: How to (Sendmail)
From: Shawn Dunn (osirusg@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Feb 21 2002 - 14:41:42 MST


I personally run exim as my mailserver, nice easy config, easy to build,
not a resource hog, not sure how well it would stack up against sendmail or
qmail in a mission-critical capacity, but it works well for my meager needs.

                --Shawn

----- Original Message -----
From: "nathan r. hruby" <nhruby@arches.uga.edu>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: How to (Sendmail)

On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Robert Brandtjen wrote:

> I honestly have no idea why it is so maligned by some.
>

Con's:
- Bad track record with security (holes, slack defaults)
- Damn near incomprehensible configuration syntax
- Obfuscated code base
- Many critics claim it doesn't scale too well and is hard to manage
- Beefy in terms of processor requirements

Pro's:
- Almost everything works with it.
- Supported by your vendor.
- Lots of brainshare out there about it
- Lots of books, HOWTO's, Doc's
- Can do somethings other MTA's just plain can't
- Can scale up well.

-n

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nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu
computer support specialist
department of drama and theatre
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