Meeting topic = Sendmail

Entelin plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
11 Dec 2002 23:00:48 -0700


Mike: Not exactly apples to apples, however pretty close just because in
reality they are mutualy exclusive 99% of the time (not technicaly of
course).

On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 20:28, Mike Starke wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 08:03:33PM -0700, Entelin wrote:
> /_Yeah thats definately true, unfortunately qmail, and postfix cant really
> /_be a full replacement for internal outlook integrated mail, which many
> /_really like :P But they are unparalleled for speed and reliability. I
> /_have been hearing a bit about volution which is postfix baised and is
> /_supposed to offer some sort of outlook compatability. I havent looked
> /_into it myself.
> /_
> /_
> /_On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 12:36, tickticker wrote:
> /_> I agree knowledge of all three is important (I have some qmail, next to no postfix, and have stayed away from sendmail at the urging of others) to me, being from a MS world, it's more important to get people off of MS Exchange and onto *nix than Sendmail to anything.  If there were migration paths from Exchange to any *nix server, then the world would be a safer and spam freer (such a word?), and I could sleep at night knowing that I won't get any more calls to fix some MCPs Exchange install in the middle of the night.
> 
> Correct me if I am wrong, but I do not think we are comparing apples
> to apples here:
> 
> MS Exchange is a collaboration environment: Public folders, Addressbooks, Calendars, 
> and yes, a place for email.
> 
> Sendmail, Qmail, Postfix, Exim and others are simply SMTP servers.
> 
> Evolution and MS Outlook are simply email clients; both cable of connecting
> to an Exchange server (I think Evolution needs an Add-on).
> 
> -Mike
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