Re: [TCLUG:10643] STMP/Pop3 setup

[^chewie <chewie@wookimus.net>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Yaron wrote:
> Anything more than that, I'd recommend installing Qmail, which you can get
> at ftp.qmail.org. The documentation that comes with Qmail is more than
> enough to get you going. Qmail is more secure and infinitly easier to
> setup than Sendmail is.

*sigh*  I can see it now, another religious war about MTA's, aka SMTP
servers, right here in our backyard of TCLUG-list.  In short, there are
plusses and minuses to using any of the SMTP servers.  Exim, Sendmail,
smail, qmail, postfix.  They all require three things:  an installation, a
configuration, and documentation.  The following was taken from
Freshmeat.net.  Choose for yourself which you will go with.

EXIM INFO
Homepage: http://www.exim.org (1795 hits)
Download: ftp://ftp.cus.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programs/exim/ (431 hits)
Alternate Download: ftp://ftp.exim.org/pub/exim/ (13 hits)
Red Hat Packages: http://www.mbergsma.demon.nl/RPMS/ (390 hits)

SENDMAIL INFO
Homepage: http://www.sendmail.org/ (2158 hits)
Download: ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/ (1406 hits)
Debian Packages: ftp://ftp.freshmeat.net/pub/debs/sendmail/ (167 hits)

SMAIL INFO
Homepage: ftp://ftp.planix.com/pub/Smail/ (975 hits)
Download: ftp://ftp.planix.com/pub/Smail/ (325 hits)

QMAIL INFO
Homepage: http://www.qmail.org

POSTFIX INFO
Download: http://www.postfix.org/ftp-sites.html (1021 hits)
Alternate Download: ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/mirrors/postfix-release/
	official/postfix-19990906-pl08.tar.gz (141 hits)
Homepage: http://www.postfix.org/ (3036 hits)

^chewie