[clug-talk] MTA's

[Jarrod Major]

Hey All,

I find myself mulling over the creation of a mail server yet again. Having 
participated in the qmail workshop I feel I could pull off a qmail mail 
server without too much trouble.

What are the merits and demerits of the various MTA's out there? I have read 
that sendmail has security flaws and to steer clear of this. Aaron 
recommended Postfix and one of his biggest reasons appeared to be because it 
is GPL'd where qmail is not. qmail appears to be highly configurable for 
things like spam/virus filtering, mailing lists and such. I would be 
surprised if Postfix is not just as configurable.

I have also had Kolab server recommended to me but I don't know, this seems to 
be over-the-top as far as what my needs are. I suppose I should define them 
here as this will most likely influence people's recommendations. I am 
talking about setting up a mail server to handle my own domain's mail. Less 
than 10 users, not a lot of traffic.

TIA.

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Jarrod Major
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