* Richard Z <r...@linux-m68k.org> [01-05-14 08:57]: [...] > unless you try to do something like multiple email providers for one > user which is very easy to do with anything but sendmail/postfix/exim. > I have done this on all three and got tired, after every system upgrade > some incompatible change breaks it and even the most basic smarthost > configuration stops working, not to mention the multiple accounts which > always required some configuration acrobatics.
I have been doing this for *many* years with miniminal intervention across many versions of linux, mostly SuSE/openSUSE w/o problems using postfix/fetchmail/procmail/spamassassin. Postfix and/or most other mta's also provide the use of rbl's to help minimize spam. In November last I had to replace my server box witch intailed a four version upgrade/jump and all I really did to the mail system was clean up /etc/postfix/main.cf and /etc/postfix/access of stale and mostly commented out ancient text from prior *experiments*. [...] > I would not touch sendmail/postfix/exim again unless I want to run a > real public mail server. Somewhere you have encountered major weird problems or I have experienced the "luck of a drunken Irishman" (which I may be). And by no means can I be considered of guru status, maybe a forgotten, neglected stepchild with leprosy. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net
