-----Original Message----- From: Richard [mailto:richard@sheflug.co.uk] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 2:40 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Sendmail configuration
Tuncany
Tuncay Baskan wrote:
That document claims that qmail is more secure and easy to install. Am I on the right track?
In my own experience .... yes :-)
Sendmail is fine for dialup but if you want to configure a server that's connected all of the time then something else is better.
I did set out to do something with Exim but to do that you have to chop your own makefile around. This is fine if you are the programmer who wrote it. I've tried the rpms for exim with SuSE 6.1 to 6.4 and they didn't want to know. So, I think that sorts that one out ?
Qmail is complex but you do get some good docs with it that tell you what to do. In comparison sendmail assumes that you worked at Berkeley or somewhere similar and the you have a brain like Einstein :-) Other thing is you have to be good at cryptic clues :-)
I'd agree with that if you were starting from scratch. But with most distributions you can use pre-exisiting config files, change a couple of lines, run m4, and voila, you have a sendmail.cf file. I used a document at RedHat's website that was very straightforward. Greg Because e-mail can be altered electronically, the integrity of this communication cannot be guaranteed. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/