> > > Also, which mailserver would you recommend? (I have to learn one > > > anyway.) > > I'd recommend QMail. Why? - Read some mailing lists... And this > is commonly > > the question of religion. > > and i'd recommend postfix. > > trying hard to stay away from a religious war, i am keeping this as > factual as possible. postfix and qmail don't really have any functional > differences. both can do the same, both have the same features, and both > are very powerful and cool.
Frankly speaking, I have no experience with other MTAs. But qmail was installed by me "from scratch", i.e. I really had no any experience with MTA or even Linux. > however, they use completely different configuration paradigms, and > while there is little to be said against doing it the qmail-way, postfix > seems more intuitive to the newbie who's always only worried about > configuration files. qmail does not have a configuration file like > postfix, it uses a mixture of directory hierarchies, filenames, and > contents to configure the mail server. once you understood the paradigm, > you can do whatever you want, as said. > .... Agreed. Not so simple for newbie. I've experienced some funny problems with one wrong letter in the config file :). > *but*, and this is something that i probably shouldn't state here, but > which i feel important. it's not about the functionality of the > software, it's about the principle. > ... Yes, I know about it. Agreed again. Somebody said "agressive personality". That's the thing I newer forget to anybody too. Only one of us is God, so help if you can. OK, it is time to taste postfix. Knowledge - that's why I am spending my time on mailing lists! :). Thanks Martin! Anton.
