---+ Server Software Home for lists and debates of which software is going to be run on the InternetServer. -- %MAINWEB%.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006 ---+++ MTA Votes for: * Sendmail * postfix * Main.BillMcGonigle * qmail * exim Experience with (admin level): * Sendmail * Main.BillMcGonigle * postfix * Main.BillMcGonigle * qmail * Main.BillMcGonigle * exim Reasons for: * Sendmail * Installed by default -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 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 * qmail * exim Reasons against: * Sendmail * Limiting - hard to do handstands. Slow. Most people can only work in .mc -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006 * postfix * qmail * Bizzare patch-acceptance policy and license. Good installs typically require lots of 3rd party patches of variable quality. -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006 * exim * Not a lot of 3rd party support; needs wrappers for some common tasks. -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006 ---+++ Anti-Spam Votes for: * !MailScanner * Main.BillMcGonigle * !AMaVIS Experience with (admin level): * !MailScanner * Main.BillMcGonigle * !AMaVIS Reasons for: * !MailScanner * Easy to configure, modify configuration, very flexible. Auto-updates for !ClamAV, !RulesDuJour. Integrates !SpamAssassin without separate daemon. Disarms spam, phishing, viruses, "active" HTML mail. -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006 * !AMaVIS Reasons against: * !MailScanner * Somewhat CPU intensive. I've never seen decent hardware CPU bound by it though. -- Main.BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006 * !AMaVIS
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