i apologize for not being more specific. this will strictly be used for xferring mail between the internet and our customer base. we are currently looking at ~5000 or so seats. as for the server, it will be a standard dual processor server, with gig+ ram, raid, etc. thanks, ryan -------------------------------------- Ryan McCain Northrop Grumman Linux System Administrator 3 email: rmccain@dss.state.la.us Fax: 225.219.0540

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Gary 2/19/2004 9:33:58 AM >>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 04:16:50PM +0100 or thereabouts, Martin Mielke wrote: Hi Ryan, I am looking to make a decision for an MTA in the next few weeks. Here are the current front runners. -sendmail -postfix -qmail ..Opinions on each? Or others?

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confess! you were bored and wanted to see another "religious war"... :-) OK, my advise for you is: Postfix.

hee, hee..

Qmail is a good choice too, but I do prefer Postfix over those two: it's easy to configure/manage, fast, secure... and if you come from the Sendmail-World the learning curve is almost a line, as you don't need to know too much new things to get familiar with Postfix.

Actually, Ryan's question is so nebulous that it is almost useless. It is like saying, what car should I buy? He needs to supply more info. Ryan, what are your needs? Do you serve any clients, or is this for personal use? How many clients do you serve, 20, 200, 20,000, or 20 million? Do you serve your mail over NFS? How much concurrency do you need. What kind of services, if any, besides SMTP.. STARTTLS, POP3, IMAP(s), Web interface, Do you have any virtual domains? If so, how many 10 or 5000. What kind of server do you have, a 486 or an AMD64, or dual PIII? The ease of configuration and use of the above MTAs are based on your needs. Of course security is a main issue... qmail is the most secure, postfix second, sendmail last.. -- Gary -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com