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Post #95,109
by boxley
4/8/03 6:12:25 PM
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New fundamentally complex at low level
which is why a lot of people dont like it. If you like command line work as opposed to gui and dont mind arcane conf files sendmail is just fine. It is a port listening service which accepts packets if it knows how to route them and denies acceptance if it doesnt know how to route them. It also supports external login and limited file xfr. Get the O'reilly book and get stuck in.
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bill
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Post #95,112
by Another Scott
4/8/03 6:20:00 PM
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New Yabut...
Any mail transfer agent that needs a [link|http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sendmail3/|1232 page manual] to describe it seems to me to have problems. :-/

I used sendmail on OS/2 years ago. The fact that the sendmail config file required TABS turned me off. That, and its syntax is really obtuse.

If you need what it does, and can understand how to configure it, and have time to keep up with the patches, sendmail can be a great tool. Otherwise, I'd investigate something a little more transparent myself. YMMV.

Cheers,
Scott.
     Just how "bad" is Sendmail? - (inthane-chan) - (8) - April 8, 2003, 05:32:45 PM EDT
         fundamentally complex at low level - (boxley) - (1) - April 8, 2003, 06:12:25 PM EDT
             Yabut... - (Another Scott) - April 8, 2003, 06:20:00 PM EDT
         It's the best possible MTA in the Universe... - (kmself) - (4) - April 8, 2003, 06:28:09 PM EDT
             I can conceive of something it isn't good at... - (ben_tilly) - (2) - April 8, 2003, 09:04:34 PM EDT
                 And of course... - (admin) - (1) - April 8, 2003, 09:42:32 PM EDT
                     I'm sure that you can :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - April 8, 2003, 09:56:16 PM EDT
             emacs or vi - (Fuat) - April 11, 2003, 12:49:14 AM EDT
         Let me give you an abstuse reason. - (static) - April 10, 2003, 08:56:27 AM EDT

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