[TriLUG] mail server
Chris Hedemark
chris at yonderway.com
Mon Oct 14 14:11:50 EDT 2002
On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 12:52 PM, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> qmail, postfix, and sendmail are three examples of Mail Transport
> Agents
> (MTAs) -- you would use one or the other, not a combination. Sendmail
> is the "de facto" MTA and is the default on most Linux distributions.
> Since you're pretty new at this, I personally would NOT recommend using
> a different MTA -- sendmail works just fine for basic needs.
And now for something completely different....
Specifically *because* he is pretty new at this, among other reasons, I
would recommend *not* using Sendmail and instead using Postfix.
Sendmail tweaking *is* rocket science. Postfix is actually pretty
darned easy to set up.
Chris Hedemark
Professional Computer Consulting & Videography
Hillsborough, NC
http://yonderway.com
"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time." -Steve Wright
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