[geeks] configuring new mail server: need information on private LAN setup

Patrick Giagnocavo patrick at zill.net
Thu Mar 22 17:10:19 CDT 2007


On Mar 22, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 03:41:25PM -0500, Michael Parson wrote:
>> Not to start a holy war or anything, but as long as you are starting
>> over, might I suggest you move to Postfix?  The config is much easier 
>> to
>> manage and understand, plus the FAQ on postfix.org covers most of the
>> stuff you might want to do.
>
> I will second this.  Postfix's configuration files are in English, and
> the Postfix web site (and/or the READMEs that come with the source
> distribution) cover anything I can think of.
>

Postfix and XMail (www.xmailserver.org) are all I use.  Sendmail is 
used only if there is outbound-only email sent by e.g. web-based forms; 
simply because under Solaris10 it is the default.

--Patrick



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