Try using exim. Newer versions of exim (try the one from "testing" for example) support authentication; if you need an example config file just let me know.
If you install a newer version of apt, you'll have the ability to specify a "target" (i.e. stable, testing, unstable) to get packages from; so just list both stable and testing in your sources.list and add apt::Default-Release "stable" to your apt.conf. Apt will get packages from "stable" by default, and with apt-get -t testing you'll get newer packages from testing. If I remember correctly, either testing or unstable offers a packages called kernel-image-2.2.20-udma100-ext3 which has ext3 support built in; upgrading your filesystems from ext2 to ext3 can be done on an active filesystem, without rebooting, so getting a journaling filesystem to work is easy. Regards, Maarten Vink -----Original Message----- From: Davi Leal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 4 december 2001 12:13 To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org Subject: Debian GNU/Linux as email & DNS server Hi all, We are going to use a debian box as email and DNS server. The goal is duplicate the functionality of a host which is using sendmail 8.8, xinetd (pop3) & bind. I thought to use: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r3 (potato): sendmail 8.9.3, postfix, or ... xinetd (pop3: qpopper 2.53 instead of ipopd 4.7c) bind 8.2.3 However we want to add SMTP AUTH support which sendmail 8.9.3 does not supply. A friend advice me use postfix, which he says is easier than sendmail to configure it. However, the potato postfix version is too old. Anyway I have found a DoS alert about postfix < 20011115 today. It does not seem good yet. The potato sendmail version is old too and does not support SMTP AUTH (http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html). Must I use potato with some packages upgraded to woody?. Must I use woody instead of potato?. What is the state of woody as ISP distribution (email&dns server)?. Note: I have choosen debian as default option due to its 'apt-get' utility. It is easy install the automatic system of fixing security bug using the proper debian server, althought I think debian does not offer installation on a Journaling FS or a software RAID. Davi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
