-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 12:08:13AM -0500, Grok Mogger wrote: > Hope no one minds if I hijack this thread. =) > > I just read through all the responses and was surprised to see > three people using postfix, one using exim4, and none using > sendmail. > > I've heard so much about sendmail that I thought it was the de > facto standard. I considered exim4 "that other MTA", and I have > never even heard of postfix until now. > > Could someone please briefly tell me the differences between the > three in a nutshell? And maybe recommend one for a newbie to > setup just as an experiment / learning experience? (From this > thread, it sounds like postfix would be the choice in that > regard, but can't hurt to ask) Hi GM, the current default from Debian etch is exim4, so at least a lot of DD's feel this is good for most user, at least if you dont have enought expierence to CHANGE your mta. Sendmail is the grand-daddy of mta's and has a sorted history with many exploits. The Debian folks thought this was not good for most folks for these reasons and thus have exim4 by default with many others using postfix. Sendmail is also an all-in-one mta, it has everything in one vs. other mta's that provide a more modular approach. Exim4 in debian has a heavy and light version so that you can choose which is best for your task. Cheers, Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | 'under construction' | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
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