Re: [OT] Gnus and MTA(local)

[Byung-Hee HWANG]

Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> writes:

> On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:03:07 +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG <bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> wrote:
>> For several years, i have been using Postfix in my desktop which runs
>> FreeBSD. In recent, i'm considering to switch local MTA from Postfix
>> to the others (e.g., qmail, Exim, Sendmail, ...). So i read some
>> papers about comparison MTAs. But still i could not deside what MTA is
>> best for me using Gnus and send-pr(1). This time i would like to give
>> +1 to Exim because most Emacs(Gnus, Rmail, VM, WL, Mew) folks use
>> Exim.
>>
>> Especially i checked this paper: http://shearer.org/MTA_Comparison
>
> Hi Byung-Hee :)
>
> IMO, this is a very good comparison.  I really enjoyed reading it, so
> first of all thank you for the link.  When I finished reading the
> article, I immediately tweeted about it, so others can pick it from my
> feed and share the fun!
>
> Postfix is a very nice system, with many features, it can support both
> single-user workstations and large multi-thousand user domains, and it
> runs pretty well on FreeBSD.  In fact, Postfix is the MTA that runs the
> entire *.FreeBSD.org cluster of machines :)
>
> FWIW, I still have Sendmail running on my laptop (mostly out of inertia
> and because after the initial setup back in 1999 it still works fine),
> but if I was changing MTAs it would be Postfix all the way.
>
> So, what are your reasons for switching from Postfix to something else?
> Maybe we can help you configure Postfix to do what you have in mind, and
> you can still keep it.
>

Hi Giorgos!

Actually Postfix setup is more easy than the others. So Postfix goes
with many spammers, in recent.  To tell truth, i want to take off such a
dishonor. Still clean MTA by the point is Exim, i think. Many free
software folks use that. But i won't change the outbond MTA (Postfix on
FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE). The outbond performs so many tasks for me. Only my
concern is local MTA. That is easy, no trouble though it fails.

Sincerely,
   
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Byung-Hee HWANG, KNU 
∑ WWW: http://izb.knu.ac.kr/~bh/