>> Kam, I am still a bit puzzled with what I should do. I have seen >> the README file inside your attachment, and it mentions Sendmail >> several times. But it does not mention Postfix. Is it possible to >> install Mimedefang and BeggarMail with Postfix? I have read that >> Postfix aims to be an alternative to Sendmail. But for me, that >> never installed either, it is a doubt if this is possible. And if >> it isn't, the discussion may become offtopic to this list. > > Postfix supports the milter specification and can be used with > MIMEDefang. Apologies if the README is confusing. Treat then as > interchangeable. >
It was not confusing. My doubts are mostly because of my little familiarity with everything around here. Good that Postfix supports it. >> I have also downloaded Mimedefang and read some of its >> documentation. It seems very flexible with its install and work >> directories - which is something I will surely use. Before I play >> with Mimedefang, should I set up a working mail server with >> Postfix? Or with Sendmail? Please tell, if you know. > > You can use either. The milter specification was invented by > sendmail so likely I slip into saying sendmail. But I've used > sendmail and postfix without technical concern. Typically it becomes > a question of licensing. > Good. >> You mentioned that you cannot give the source for the interface you >> use. May I ask: what is the reason for that? No problem, an >> interface is something that should not be too hard for me. But how >> exactly you do it? > > It has commercial code and graphics we didn't license for > distribution. Plus I didn't feel it appropriate to bring up licensing > on the postfix list. And as you said, I didn't feel a UI was a big > deal to implement. > But what did you use to make this interface? Before reading some documentation about Beggarmail and Mimedefang, I thought about using PHP. Now I am not sure that would be a practical solution.
