2 questions on mail and domains

[Krister Ekstrom]

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Hi there.
How is the config done in Qmail? I tried to set it up, but got errors 
so didn't get to configuring it. There appears to be smallish files to 
change, but never got the hang of that.
What are your experiences on this?

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/KristerOn Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 
12:21:30PM -0700, Joseph C. Lininger wrote:
> Hello,
> I have used both qmail and courier. You can find information on qmail at:
> 
> http://www.qmail.org
> 
> or
> 
> http://pobox.com/~djb
> 
> Qmail is relatively easy to set up and is highly secure. The only real 
> problem I have with it is that you have to patch it to do just about 
> everything. That includes SSL/TLS and SMTP authentication if you want that, 
> which you most likely do.
> 
> As for courier, you can find the information on:
> 
> http://www.courier-mta.org
> 
> I can't really evaluate the security of this package because it is a 
> relatively new player when compared to some of the others out there. I can 
> say that it is very functional. It contains the SMTP server, as well as a 
> pop3, imap, and webmail server.
> 
> I've also heard that postfix is pretty good, though I've never used it. I 
> would recommend staying away from exim and sendmail for security reasons. 
> In the case of exim, my security concerns are hear-say, so they may not be 
> valid. However, I can make definite statements on the security of sendmail.
> ---
> Joseph C. Lininger
> jbahm at pcdesk.net
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> From: "Krister Ekstrom" <crisekstrom at bredband.net>
> To: "speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 2:04 AM
> Subject: 2 questions on mail and domains
> 
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> >Hi  speakup,
> >
> > After struggling with the docs of Exim, which I didn't fully
> > understand, (to tell the truth, i felt quite stupid after reading
> > them) I ended up asking myself if Exim was the best MTA for me. This
> > in turn lead me to think that I should ask the following to the
> > list: What mail transports are people using and what would you
> > recommend to someone who wants a MTA that's easy to set up/configure
> > yet powerful? If recommending Exim after all, do any of you use a
> > version from a Debian package and if so, where should on dig to
> > configure the thing?
> > On a different but not entirely other subject: If i don't have my
> > own domain as of yet, what should my host name be? I assume i can't
> > have a name like "mymachine.isps.domain" cause that would be illegal
> > or something like that?
> > Thanks for any help!
> >
> >- --
> >/Krister
> >                          mailto:crisekstrom at bredband.net
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