qmail WAS How difficult is it to run your own email server?

[Tony E - Jaraeth]

Here here!  Postfix, with MySQL for virtual hosting, Amavisd setup w/
ClamAV & SpamAssassin, it's really easy.  The mail logging is standard
for the most part, if you can read sendmail mail logs, you can read
postfix logs, and they are laid out much the same.  That is essential
when someone isn't familiar with MTA's other than sendmail.  Most MTA's
have learning curves when setting up and configuring, but imho, Postfix
is by far the easiest with it's standard variable=value layout and using
spaces and # for commenting.

I sooo wish I could change my work systems to Postfix too.

Regards,

  Tony E.



Bill Jonas wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 04:18:38PM -0700, JT Moree wrote:
>> We use qmail at work.  I dont like it for the following reasons:
> 
> I agree with everything you said.  I stumbled across the following page
> the other day: http://shearer.org/MTA_Comparison
> 
> It lays out the case pretty objectively, IMO.  I'd quote some of the
> good parts from the qmail section, but I'd wind up quoting the whole
> thing. :-)
> 
> In a much less objective fashion, the author of *this* page makes his
> own case against qmail:
> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/index.php?page=warez#djb
> 
> I use qmail at work and dislike it.  On my personal server, I just
> switched to Postfix from Sendmail, and I really wouldn't mind switching
> our work systems to Postfix. :-)
>