To sendmail or to postfix that is the question?

[Boris Kochergin]

Steven Hartland wrote:
> Ok so I'm looking to replace our current windows mail
> server using mdaemon with a FreeBSD solution, having
> looked around there seems to be differing opinions
> of which is the best option to go with between sendmail
> and postfix.
>
> The problem with looking for info on this is that a
> lot of the high listed articles in Google etc are
> from way back when, 2000 - 2007 during which time
> quite a bit can change.
>
> So what are peoples current day experience with the
> two options?
>
> A few key question come to mind:-
> 1. Has sendmail's config moved away from the black art
> it once was?
> 2. Is postfix that much easier?
> 3. What would people use for:
> 3.1. POP / IMAP support?
> 3.2. Web Mail?
> 3.2. AV / Spam filtering?
>
> Any advice, opinions on a full mail solution on FreeBSD
> would be appreciated.
>
>    Regards
>    Steve
>
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I'm happily using qmail for several years (but that's not what you asked 
about), Dovecot for POP3 and IMAP, and Roundcube for webmail.

-Boris