[mdlug] exim or postfix, and why?

[Robert Adkins II]

Postfix is designed to be secure from the beginning of its development, at
least per the original developer of the system.

It's easy to configure and is supported in a few different GUI based
configuration program systems.

-Rob
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Ingles, Raymond
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 10:16 AM
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> Subject: Re: [mdlug] exim or postfix, and why?
> 
> > From: Michael ORourke
> 
> > I've never been a big fan of sendmail.  It's configuration 
> files give
> me a
> > headache just looking at them.
> 
> I'm not in favor of a config-file format that's 
> Turing-complete. (In other words, you could - theoretically - 
> program a copy of sendmail *in* the sendmail configuration language.)
> 
> There are arguments in favor of this, I suppose - flexibility 
> being the main one - but I'm a fan of the Unix principle of 
> "do one thing well".
> 
>  Sincerely,
> 
>  Ray Ingles                                                    (313)
> 227-2317
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