On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 08:41:46PM +0700, Brian Durant wrote:
I am concerned about the security of Sendmail, in comparison to Postfix or Qmail, but don't have much insight on the issues involved. Likewise, as I am a newbie to Linux, I am hoping to reduce the learning curve in my attempts to get Mutt to work the way I want it to. Would I be better off with Postfix or Qmail? What are the pros and cons? Where do Fetchmail and Procmail fit into the scheme of things?
I prefer Postfix over Qmail for a couple of practical reasons. I think you will find both of them superior to sendmail in ease of use and security. I have found Postfix easier to understand and configure than Qmail (I run a Qmail server at work, but Postfix on my laptop), and Postfix is included and well supported in SuSE (their commercial e-mail product is based on Postfix). I've also used and liked Exim, but again, it is not included in SuSE. I actually compiled the 3.4 version of Exim into an RPM for SuSE 7.3 and uploaded it to the SuSE contrib FTP site in January, but they have not made it available. Oh, well. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MSCE, N+ I can C for miles and miles Got spam? Get SPASTIC http://spastic.sourceforge.net