[WBEL-users] Postfix or Sendmail

Milan Keršláger milan.kerslager@pslib.cz
Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:25:43 +0200


On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 09:19:35AM +0200, Karl-König Königsson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On my first mail server I ran sendmail and that worked fine. On my 
> server's second incarnation I decided on Postfix and that ran fine, too. 
> I am now in the process of setting up the third version of my company's 
> server and can not decide on which MTA to use.
> 
> I have a couple of virtual domains; I use IMAP and POP currently and 
> would like to use SSL for these at some stage. I do not use the mail 
> server as outgoing SMTP but would possibly like to do so in the future, 
> using some sort of authentication.
> 
> So, as you can see I have a fairly basic setup with a few more advanced 
> options on the wish list.
> 
> Any feedback on the setup? Sendmail or Postfix? Pros and Cons?

Postfix is more secure. Sendmail is big ball with big holes (at least in
the past).

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