[ILUG] mail server

[Declan Houlihan]

Thanks a million to everybody who replied. All responses were much 
appreciated. It seems the consensus is to use postfix. I think I'll 
go with that.

Thanks everybody,
Dec.

On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:20:11AM +0000, Kevin Philp wrote:
> I would use Postfix. If you haven't used a mail server before Webmin also has 
> a nice easy to use module for postfix which makes configuration a doddle. 
> Postfix is probably one of the easiest to set up and we have run it for two 
> years with no hassle. Postfix is the default mailer on Mandrake these days.
> 
> Kevin.
> 
> 
> Hi Guys, how's it going.
> A friend of mine is setting up a server hosting a number of domains.
> I'm giving him a hand with it.
> 
> He wants to set up a mail server on this box. I've never set up
> a mail server before and I'm wondering which one is the best to
> set up. Should I use sendmail, postfix, qmail or something else
> completely? Which is the most secure? which is the easiest to set up?
> Whichever one I use it will need to support multiple domains.
> Do they all do this?
> 
> I'd like to hear what experiences other people have had and if
> anybody can point me to some good sites/documentation to get
> started that'd be cool.
> 
> Thanks guys,
> Deccy
> 
> 
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