[olug] Polls and Mail Servers and Backup Solutions

[Dean]

> What do most people run for Mail Servers? Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail,
> Courire, other.
> 
>> Exim + Courier IMAP/POP3 (for Maildir++ folders) or UofW IMAP/POP3 (for
>> old-fasioned mbox folders)

I've always used sendmail, however, she can be a b*tch.
I'll have to try something else when I get time to fiddle.
(so I can get rid of my tylenol crate)
 
>> Sendmail: yuk.  Be prepared to buy several crates of Tylenol.
>> Postfix: fairly nice but not as flexible as Exim; very fast
>> Qmail: unsupported by author; missing *tons* of functionality in the
>> core
>>    distribution compared to Sendmail, Exim, or Postfix.  Much of that
>>    can be "fixed" by patches, but I'm hesitant to put *so* many patches
>>    that may not be well tested together in one place.




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