To sendmail or to postfix that is the question?

[Ollivier Robert]

According to Steven Hartland:
> 1. Has sendmail's config moved away from the black art
> it once was?

Well, not really.  .cf files are still .cf files but most people don't use them directly (except old farts ;-)).  .mc files are the easiest way to configure sendmail (and of course tables)

> 2. Is postfix that much easier?

Yes.  You get tables for everything as well but it is IMHO cleaner.

> 3. What would people use for:
> 3.1. POP / IMAP support?

dovecot is the one I found the easiest to work with.

> 3.2. Web Mail?

Don't use it so I can't advise.

> 3.2. AV / Spam filtering?

clamav-milter along with milter-greylist rocks.  Spam filtering is more done at the user level through bogofilter though.

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