Re: Use of an MTA on openBSD

[Jason Dixon <jason_(_at_)_dixongroup_(_dot_)_net>]

On May 14, 2004, at 7:26 AM, Kevin Barrass wrote:

> I'm building a new OpenBSD test server at work and have some experience
> with Exim but Openbsd comes with sendmail which I have not used before
> iam unsure what MTA to go with, if sendmail is good then Id rather 
> stick
> with what is packaged with sendmail.

You didn't really explain what your requirements are, so it's hard to 
give you a solid recommendation.  As Jesper noted, your choice should 
take into consideration the features you need and the security record 
of the project.  Postfix works really well for me on my servers, 
although I build from scratch (not from ports) in order to get some of 
the newer patches like Courier authdaemond support (for smtp auth).  If 
you have very basic MX requirements, then the audited sendmail in 
OpenBSD will serve you well.  If not, and you'd rather not learn 
advanced sendmail configuration (ick), I suggest you try something like 
Postfix or qmail (I've not tried exim, so I can't comment).

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Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
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