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Alternatives to Sendmail



Talking about mail servers I forgot to post to the list the editorial of the 
postfix book

is SAMS
www.samspublishing.com


happy day.
ReK2
Unix/Linux system adminsitrator
Co-founder MetroWest Boston LUG
http://www.linuxbusca.com


On Wednesday 28 November 2001 01:28 am, David Kramer wrote:
> I'm setting up a new server, and thinking of replacing sendmail.  The two
> alternatives seem to be qmail and postfix.  Unfortunately, I couldn't make
> the last meeting about postfix.
>
> So I have two questions:  Can anyone list reasons why I should use one
> over the other?  They both seem more seucre and faster than sendmail.
>
> The other question is, can I install either of these apps without breaking
> sendmail?  If I stop sendmail and start up one of these apps then think
> better of it, can I just stop that app and start sendmail again?  Or will
> there be file clashes, etc.
>
> Thanks.
>
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