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Subject: Re: Removing Qmail... From: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:07:52 -0400 On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 01:40:25PM -0700, dave-mlist@bfnet.com wrote: > Matt> Just curious, is it reasonable to assume that I could follow > Matt> the qmail install FAQs backwards (more or less) to remove > Matt> qmail and switch back to sendmail? > Well, I consider moving from qmail to sendmail to be unreasonable, so > I would answer "no" to your question... But maybe moving from QMail to Postfix would be extremely reasonable and the same question exists. > Why in the world would you want to do that? Maybe because Postfix is more stable, better maintained, and more maintainable than QMail? That's just based on my personal experience of maintaining several significant sized networks on which I have had Sendmail, SMail, MMDF, QMail, and Postfix running. === Subject: RE: Removing Qmail... From: KThorpe@pricetrak.com (KThorpe) Date: 20-Jun-2000 17:05 +0100 Yep, totally agree with you. However, since I'm considering moving to >qmail... can you please let us know what your reasons to move back to >sendmail are? It would certainly help me make a decision myself. While you are at it look at postfix (www.postfix.org). It doesn't require large quantities of drugs to understand the config files. Postfix also runs as lots of little processes which can be chroot jailed to reduce the effect of any break-ins. === Subject: Re: high traffic sendmail alternatives? From: Irwan Hadi <irwanhadi@iname.com> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:35:45 -0600 At 03:30 PM 7/26/00 -0700, you wrote: >Hatters' > > >I have to set up some linux/bsd boxen here that will be handling HUGE >amounts of email. Estimate is 3E06 email a day, spread out over about 10 >boxen. > >We were gonna go with sendmail, but I though I'd see if anybody on the >list had better experience with other products before I committed. > >I think the main consideration is speed, followed by stability, then >security, for what that's worth. > >thoughts? postfix then www.postfix.org combine it with listar if you have huge mailling list members. [even redhat wants to switch to postfix from qmail ;)] === Subject: Re: high traffic sendmail alternatives? From: Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:05:35 -0400 (EDT) check out postfix @ http://www.postfix.org, and the mailhelp archives @ http://moongroup.com for testimonials I think your requirements ordering is screwed, but not to worry because postfix will take care of them all. ===