On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 19:18, David Hart wrote: > We're pretty committed to Postfix but I never considered Exim. Any > comments? Can anyone tell me how this compares to Postfix? I looked at > the Exim docs. It's hard to appreciate the comparative complexity > without actually installing and configuring.
The documentation for Exim is superb as is the Exim book (written by the author). Exim and the mailing list seems to be a full time job for Philip Hazel who is paid by Cambridge University to do software development. I have seen as few security alerts for Exim as Postfix so on a security front they are both excellent. In terms of volume, what do you need to know. I run a 1G and 15,000 messages a week through a Pentium 800 with full AV and spamassassin without struggling. BT, Easynet and many other large Internet companies use Exim. It is easy to compile and there are rpms available on the Exim site. I have run Exim for five years and it has served me very well. I have also created a little gui ( http://www.harkness.co.uk/exim/ )for the firms that I have left with exim so that they can manage it from Windows. Use the exiscan patch that is available from duncanthrax.net as it make a big difference if you want to integrate Spamassassin. I have used Postfix and found the lack of documentation compared to Exim very frustrating. In addition the manual commands to manipulate the message queue are easy to use and great for scripting. Have a look at the cookbook on the Exim site as there are lots of code snippets there too for things like how to get mailman working or how to use NIS etc. Have fun ;-) Kind regards Xander > > -- > Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence > Email acceptance policy: http://www.TQMcube.com/email_policy.html > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
