On 12/30/2009 1:43 PM, Port Able wrote: > I am currently consulting for a small retailer. They have been using > an online email service provider for the past few years to blast > personalized emails to their customers (opt-in, and 100-200 thousand > emails at a time). They have asked me to see if we can install an > email server in house to accomplish the same thing and eliminate the > monthly costs. I am fairly familiar with Linux/Unix and with > databases (mysql and postgresql). I have not done anything with > Sendmail or Postfix but feel comfortable following the documentation. > I have also ordered the two books that I could find on Postfix. > > My questions are: has anyone used Postfix for this purpose? Do the > online ESP's develop their own email servers? Do any of them use > Sendmail, Postfix or qmail?
Postfix does not create any messages (minus administrative notices). It is simply the delivery vehicle. Software such as mailman or ezmlm is more suited to mailing lists. All such software can use Postfix to do the delivery.
