Subject: Re: Mail Server
From: cdowns (cdowns@skillsoft.com)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2001 - 09:22:28 MDT
We have almost 500 employees and run qmail. not doubt hands down stable email
system. If you like things that just work and you dont have to worry about them
( of course maitenence and things ) this would be a wise choice.
-D
Ken Schweigert wrote:
> Scott,
>
> My personal recommendation would be qmail. IMHO, it's best feature is it's
> use of Maildir-style of mailboxes. All messages are stored as seperate files
> in a users mail directory as opposed to be appended to the end of a single
> mail file. Corrupt one message in a mbox-style mailbox and the whole mailbox
> is corrupt. Corrupt one message in a maildir-style mailbox and it's only
> one file corrupted.
>
> qmail was written by Dan Bernstein and is also very secure. It also comes
> with it's own POP3 daemon: qpop3. And if you needed mailing list support,
> there's ezmlm.
>
> It's relatively easy to setup and there's a great book from Sams Publishing
> by Richard Blum, _Running qmail_, ISBN: 0-672-31945-4, $34.99.
>
> I've heard a lot of good things about exim, too. Truth be told, I've never
> even tried it because of how well qmail worked for me.
>
> Good luck on your search.
>
> --
> -Ken Schweigert, Aspiring Network Administrator
> Byte Productions, LLC
> http://www.byte-productions.com
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 09:50:04AM -0500, scott@conbro.com wrote:
> > I have a yellowdog 1.2 champion server g3 box and would like to make a
> > pop and smtp server out of it. I am not that familiar with linux and was
> > wondering if any one could guide me to a cheap (of Free) solution. Any
> > info is appreciated.
> >
> > Thanx
> > scott
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Network Security Administrator
Christopher M Downs
Skillsoft Corporation
http://www.skillsoft.com
"you can't point and click your
way to super cracker status -"
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