[Gllug] just a quick question

[paul]

>I'd second that. Sendmail might not be in the "Just
>Works" category, but it does work and the availability
>of the spamassassin and clamav milters make a huge
 >difference to my experience of email once I'd given up
>just using my ISP's SMTP/POP3 services and
  >implemented my own mailserver (though I am still using
 >the ISP as a smarthost).

I take it that you are talking about your own private network at home ?
Well I'd go along with that but I would add that the same is true for a
network upon which a business must rely. I chose sendmail simply because
there is more written about that particular delivery system than any other
under Linux. It is, if you like, the industry standard for Linux servers -
stands to reason, therefore, that unless you are likely to "bump up against" 
it's
limitations that it would be right to start there. There's more help 
available.
I haven't built a system for customers that demand much more than simple 
delivery

Why do you use your ISP as a smart host though, it's fairly simple to make
your own server deliver the traffic, though I have to admit I nearly always 
use the ISP's
hostbecause it's just easier isn't it !







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adrian McMenamin" <adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk>
To: "Greater London Linux User Group" <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Gllug] just a quick question


> On Sat, 2006-02-11 at 09:46 +0000, Tethys wrote:
>> "Martin A. Brooks" writes:
>>
>> >It eludes me why you're teaching yourself sendmail :)
>> >
>> >sendmail is in the pile of stuff marked "you were great once, but we
>> >grew up, and you didn't".
>>
>> It's all a matter of perspective. For me, sendmail is in the "you can
>> do everything, and you're easier to configure than people make you out
>> to be" category. It's still my MTA of choice (although to be honest, I
>> haven't looked at the alternatives in a while, because sendmail already
>> gives me everything I need).
>>
>
> I'd second that. Sendmail might not be in the "Just Works" category, but
> it does work and the availability of the spamassassin and clamav milters
> make a huge difference to my experience of email once I'd given up just
> using my ISP's SMTP/POP3 services and implemented my own mailserver
> (though I am still using the ISP as a smarthost).
>
> YMMV and all that, but It Works For Me.
>
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