System (root) mail
We need to figure out what to do with system mail. This is mail sent to
root
, or any of the many aliases (e.g.,
postmaster
,
listmaster
,
webmaster
) which forward to
root
.
All system mail is currently forwarding to me (
BenScott), which I ain't thrilled about, but something needed to be done. If anyone else wants to join in and get the root mail forwarded to them as well, I'd appreciate it. Or a better idea. --
BenScott - 15 Oct 2006
MTA
We're currently running Sendmail. Maybe we should switch to something else?
Sendmail
- Installed by default -- BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
- Would be useful to relearn to use it since it is fairly ubiquitous. -- ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
- This is what we're using now, on
liberty
. -- BenScott - 23 Feb 2006
- Limiting - hard to do handstands. Slow. Most people can only work in .mc -- BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
- Cryptic to configure. -- ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
- While I fully agree that sendmail.cf is akin to assembly language, the .mc config file isn't too bad. -- BenScott - 23 Feb 2006
Postfix
- Postfix appears to be the MTA of choice these days. -- BenScott - 15 Oct 2006
- Resonably easy to configure for most anything you can think of. Support from most 3rd party packages (notably mailman). Fast. -- BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
- Included with RHEL/CentOS. Supported. -- BenScott - 23 Feb 2006
exim
- Highly configurable, configuration quite readable, easy to configure. -- ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
- Not a lot of 3rd party support; needs wrappers for some common tasks. -- BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
- Bill - can you elaborate on these? -- ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
- Not as widely known, fewer admins tend to be familiar with it. -- ColeTuininga - 21 Feb 2006
- Not included with or supported by CentOS. -- BenScott - 23 Feb 2006
qmail
- Bizzare patch-acceptance policy and license. Good installs typically require lots of 3rd party patches of variable quality. -- BillMcGonigle - 20 Feb 2006
- Not included with or supported by CentOS. -- BenScott - 23 Feb 2006
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