There's really nothing with sendmail either. ;)
What qmail can do, sendmail can also. qmail might be faster if you have many
users, and they say that it is safer. But I guess that all depends on how
you config it.
/ Rickard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Danen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Qmail
> On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Shane Owenby wrote:
>
> > > > Is there a reason why there are no RPMs for Qmail? I was reading on
the
> > > > site and it looks like they prefer pure source distribution, and no
binary
> > >
> > > The reason for no _shipping_ binaries is because of the restrictive
> > > distribution terms used by DJB. He wants to maintain control of the
> > > source and installation of it. He's extremely proud of the security
> > > scenario he's created for Qmail and wants to ensure that distributed
> > > packages stick to that security.
> > Get postfix it seems the 'security scenario' is much better with it, and
> > it is a easy to install. Debian has approved the license so there
> > should be no problems with other list restrictive dists including it.
> >
> > www.postfix.org
>
> Actually postfix comes with Mandrake... my first introduction to postfix
> was when I was trying to figure out why the heck sendmail kept dying on me
> and I couldn't figure out why (it was postfix, started by default). I
> haven't had a chance to really look at postfix, but I've heard good things
> about qmail and it looks a little more mature than postfix... But I may
> have to play with that one as well (looks like it might be time to
> repartition and setup a dummy Mandrake system for hacking around with).
>
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