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On 2017-12-25 11:20:40 (+0100), vonProteus wrote:
On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Marat Khalili <m...@rqc.ru> wrote:
Flamebait question, but I happened to configure both (repository
versions) recently, so here's one opinion. Both are useable, and used.
Exim is sold as easier to configure, but IMO it doesn't deliver on
this - probably simple config is just an impossible thing for
universal SMTP MTA. On the other hand, Postfix has larger internet
share and more resources on the web dedicated to it. Therefore I
usually go for postfix (once you learned it, it's not that hard), and
only use exim if there's no postfix in distribution repository.
my ultimate goal is to configure MTA in that way that i'm able to use
it as a mail relay station
sorry for my not fully technical and poor language
Any MTA should be ale to relay mail. :)
my idea is that i recently encounter more and more email forms which do
not allow me to use + addressing so my idea is to setup my own MTA
which will redirect emails send to t...@registeruser.example.com to
forexample registeru...@gmail.com
Postfix can easily be configured to do that for you. I expect Exim can
too though.
In the case of Postfix, you'd just set up a virtual(5) map to redirect
the emails to their final destination.
I'd suggest you compare the configuration file formats of the different
MTAs your operating system offers and pick the one you find most
comfortable.
Philip
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Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Ministry of Information
