ServerMTA < Org

---++ Admin Preference

   * Sendmail
      * Main.MikeLedoux
      * Main.BenScott - Migrate Sendail from Rogue to Liberty first, then look at switching
   * postfix
      * Main.BillMcGonigle
   * qmail
   * exim
      * Main.ColeTuininga

---++ Admin Experience

   * Sendmail
      * Main.BillMcGonigle
      * Main.ColeTuininga (not in a long time though)
      * Main.MikeLedoux
      * Main.BruceDawson
      * Main.BenScott
   * postfix
      * Main.BillMcGonigle
      * Main.MikeLedoux
   * qmail
      * Main.BillMcGonigle
      * Main.MikeLedoux (brief, switched back to sendmail after 4-5 months)
   * exim
      * Main.ColeTuininga

---++ Discussion

---+++ Sendmail

   * Installed by default  -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
   * Would be useful to relearn to use it since it is fairly ubiquitous.  -- Main.ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
   * This is what we're using now, on Rogue. -- Main.BenScott - 23 Feb 2006
   * Limiting - hard to do handstands.  Slow.  Most people can only work in .mc -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
   * Cryptic to configure.  -- Main.ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
      * While I fully agree that sendmail.cf is akin to assembly language, the .mc config file isn't *too* bad. -- Main.BenScott - 23 Feb 2006

---+++ postfix

   * Resonably easy to configure for most anything you can think of.  Support from most 3rd party packages (notably mailman).  Fast.  -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
   * Included with RHEL/CentOS.  Supported.  -- Main.BenScott - 23 Feb 2006

---+++ qmail

   * Bizzare patch-acceptance policy and license.  Good installs typically require lots of 3rd party patches of variable quality.  -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
   * Not included with or supported by !CentOS. -- Main.BenScott - 23 Feb 2006

---+++ exim

   * Highly configurable, configuration quite readable, easy to configure.  -- Main.ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
      * Not a lot of 3rd party support; needs wrappers for some common tasks.  -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
         * Bill - can you elaborate on these?  -- Main.ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
   * Not as widely known, fewer admins tend to be familiar with it.  -- Main.ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
   * Not included with or supported by !CentOS. -- Main.BenScott - 23 Feb 2006

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Topic revision: r1 - 2006-02-22 - BenScott

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