Matthew Rosewarne on 16 Oct 2007 22:13:57 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] unraveling the arcane art of mailservers?


On Monday 15 October 2007, Brent Saner wrote:
> 1. exim? postfix? qmail, mta? i have no idea what i should use- well, i
> know what i want to use, i just have no idea how to implement them, and
> what they need to integrate. i'm not even entirely sure where to start.

There are two approaches you might want to try when starting out.  The first 
is to use the default MTA of your distribution, which is probably a good 
ideas as it will likely be the best maintained and documented.  The other 
approach is to find someone willing to teach you and use whatever they use.  
Other than that, make sure you pick either Exim or Postfix, as most others 
have fallen out of favour.

> 2. for you mailmonkeys: how did you start out? what texts would be a good
> read to start with? i'm a total noob when it comes to mail servers and even
> local mail. i have a rudimentary understanding but i'm looking to get
> better.

Exim has a decent introductory site:
http://www.exim-new-users.co.uk/content/blogcategory/

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