RE: SendMail GUI

2003-10-19 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 11:06 10/16/2003, you wrote: My system is Red Hat Linux 9. At the moment it's just a test box while I get used to the OS. I have been tasked with setting up a webserver with mail support. I have been using LAMP for a while so I am quite happy with that, but SendMail is still a mystery. Donald,

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-17 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 08:08 10/17/2003, you wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 08:08:54AM -0400, Edward Croft wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 17:16, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > At 13:12 10/16/2003, you wrote: Rodolfo needs to change the attrition like. Ed Croft is trying to steal my beer! Sorry, Eudora does not have a way

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-17 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 06:08 10/17/2003, you wrote: On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 17:16, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > Big man Ed speak truth. Buy beer for Ed, take Ed's advice. > Um, my name's Ed too, my advice, don't bet on Grey Lady in the fifth. Now where's my beer? Virtual beer. Cheers! -- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: SendMail GUI...why not exim as alternative?

2003-10-17 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 13:02 10/16/2003, you wrote: It seems only qmail has been mentioned as an alternative to sendmail...why not exim? Postfix has been mentioned as well. I have not discussed Exim simply because I have no knowledge of it. In the same vein, Courier (www.courier-mta.org) is another option, that off

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-17 Thread Ed Wilts
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 08:08:54AM -0400, Edward Croft wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 17:16, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > At 13:12 10/16/2003, you wrote: Rodolfo needs to change the attrition like. Ed Croft is trying to steal my beer! > > Big man Ed speak truth. Buy beer for Ed, take Ed's advice.

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-17 Thread Edward Croft
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 17:16, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 13:12 10/16/2003, you wrote: > >The only problem with giving Red Hat $60 now for RHN is that Red Hat > >Linux 9 is only supported through the end of April. You might be better > >off buying Red Hat Professional Workstation for $82 (buy.com)

Top 20 Internet Security Vulnerabilities (was sendmail GUI)

2003-10-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 09:30, Rik Thomas wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 15:36, Cornelius Kölbel wrote: > > > > > > But friends will let friends use the number 5 "Most Critical Internet > > > Security Threat" (http://www.sans.org/top20/top10.php)? > > > > > Wow, do you believe in statistics? > > I t

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Rik Thomas
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 15:36, Cornelius Kölbel wrote: > > > > But friends will let friends use the number 5 "Most Critical Internet > > Security Threat" (http://www.sans.org/top20/top10.php)? > > > Wow, do you believe in statistics? > I think sendmail is on rank 6 at the moment, since it is used th

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Cornelius Kölbel
I must say I find this sadistic. Get off your soapbox. I offered an alternative suggestion, and even warned him of the qmail mailing list. "friends don't force friends to patch and recompile just to prove they have hair on their chest" But friends will let friends use the number 5 "Most Cri

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Cornelius Kölbel
Get off your soapbox. I offered an alternative suggestion, and even warned him of the qmail mailing list. "friends don't force friends to patch and recompile just to prove they have hair on their chest" But friends will let friends use the number 5 "Most Critical Internet Security Threat" (h

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Gerry Doris
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 10:53 10/16/2003, you wrote: > >Get off your soapbox. I offered an alternative suggestion, and even > >warned him of the qmail mailing list. > > I disagreed vehemently with the suggestion. I am very competent as a user > and a fair shake as a sy

RE: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 12:39, Donald Tyler wrote: > And now I see perfectly the fanaticism behind each MTA. > > Thank you for all your suggestions, try to play nice OK? > > No kidding. See what happens when you have to run a mail server? Are you sure you want to get one going? Bret -- redha

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 13:12 10/16/2003, you wrote: The only problem with giving Red Hat $60 now for RHN is that Red Hat Linux 9 is only supported through the end of April. You might be better off buying Red Hat Professional Workstation for $82 (buy.com) which includes a year of RHN. More bang for the buck in my opi

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 12:46:46PM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > Nothing on Earth (certainly no software product) can ever be counted on to > be 100% secure. Take Ed's advice, and make sure that all your software is > adequately kept patched and up-to-date. In this case, although there are > w

Re: SendMail GUI...why not exim as alternative?

2003-10-16 Thread Mike Klein
It seems only qmail has been mentioned as an alternative to sendmail...why not exim? Although (ahem) I have no personal experience with Exim, several engineer-friends who worked at extremely large installations (hundreds of dns servers, internal routers, etc.) all mentioned Exim as what I shou

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 11:18 10/16/2003, you wrote: The general argument I've heard and happen to agree with is that if you are already a sendmail expert or have access to one, continue with sendmail. However, if you're just starting out, go with Postfix. I've heard this argument many times but cannot yet provide an

RE: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Donald Tyler
And now I see perfectly the fanaticism behind each MTA. Thank you for all your suggestions, try to play nice OK? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread John Nichel
Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: At 10:53 10/16/2003, you wrote: Get off your soapbox. I offered an alternative suggestion, and even warned him of the qmail mailing list. I disagreed vehemently with the suggestion. I am very competent as a user and a fair shake as a sysadmin... and qmail, qmail-users,

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 12:06:24PM -0500, Donald Tyler wrote: > My system is Red Hat Linux 9. > > I am willing to try anything. The most important this is security, and > then speed/ease of configuration. I need to get this server up and build > our clients website before the end of the month. Fun

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Eric Wood
From: Donald Tyler To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:38 AM Subject: SendMail GUI Hi,   I have been asked to get a mail server up and running quickly, and since I know almost nothing of Sendmail I really need a GUI to do that.   Can a

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 10:53 10/16/2003, you wrote: Get off your soapbox. I offered an alternative suggestion, and even warned him of the qmail mailing list. I disagreed vehemently with the suggestion. I am very competent as a user and a fair shake as a sysadmin... and qmail, qmail-users, and several individual qm

RE: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Donald Tyler
sage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SendMail GUI At 09:58 10/16/2003, you wrote: >Friends don't let friends use Sendmail. There are other (read better) >altern

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread John Nichel
Donald Tyler wrote: Thanks for the tip, Does it come with a GUI? Or can I get one from somewhere? It doesn't come with one, but Webmin is good for it. http://www.webmin.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread John Nichel
Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: At 09:58 10/16/2003, you wrote: Friends don't let friends use Sendmail. There are other (read better) alternatives to Sendmail, and I would suggest qmail. http://www.qmail.org I would argue that friends don't let friends get bullied and beaten on the qmail list and tha

RE: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Donald Tyler
Thanks for the tip, Does it come with a GUI? Or can I get one from somewhere? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Nichel Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SendMail GUI Donald Tyler wrote: >

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 09:58 10/16/2003, you wrote: Friends don't let friends use Sendmail. There are other (read better) alternatives to Sendmail, and I would suggest qmail. http://www.qmail.org I would argue that friends don't let friends get bullied and beaten on the qmail list and that friends don't force frie

Re: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread John Nichel
Donald Tyler wrote: Hi, I have been asked to get a mail server up and running quickly, and since I know almost nothing of Sendmail I really need a GUI to do that. Can anyone recommend something? If not, can someone point me in the direction of a quick start guide? I have a book that I am readi

RE: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Jason Staudenmayer
The closest you'll get I think is webmin. -Original Message- From: Donald Tyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SendMail GUI Hi, I have been asked to get a mail server up and running quickly, and since I know a

RE: SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Nick White
Webmin is your friend. http://www.webmin.com -Original Message- From: Donald Tyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SendMail GUI Hi, I have been asked to get a mail server up and running quickly, and since I know

SendMail GUI

2003-10-16 Thread Donald Tyler
Hi,   I have been asked to get a mail server up and running quickly, and since I know almost nothing of Sendmail I really need a GUI to do that.   Can anyone recommend something?   If not, can someone point me in the direction of a quick start guide? I have a book that I am reading, b