Fw: [Gllug] just a quick question

[paul]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "paul" <paul at thinksolution.net>
To: "Greater London Linux User Group" <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Gllug] just a quick question


> >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
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> 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 !
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> ----- 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
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>> 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).
>>>
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>> 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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