Re: [gentoo-server] [Fwd: Re: [gentoo-user] Basic SMTP server]

[Dave Strydom]

I find Exim to be to slow if you are running mailing lists, i usually
get around 3 mails a second with exim, but with qmail, i find i get
close on about 18 - 25 mails a second.

I prefer to use qmail on servers where you need to send mail from
crontabs or from websites.

Dave




On 1/16/06, Wendall Cada <wendallc@×××××.com> wrote:
> As was previously suggested ssmtp works fine, but only for cronjobs and
> the othere alerts, it will not however work to relay mail. Exim, while
> it is very robust, isn't exactly just a simple MTA. Postfix on the other
> hand is probably the closest you'll get to a simple MTA in the portage
> tree. It acts as an MTA and lets other apps do their jobs independently.
> So, it can act as a simple mail forwarder, or interact with many other
> applications for more robust functionality. It's several steps more
> advanced than ssmtp, and not quite as complex as Exim.
>
> There is also esmtp, which has sendmail compatible syntax as well, and
> is intended only as a mail forwarder. This may suit your needs well.
>
> Wendall
>
> On Sun, 2006-01-15 at 17:03 -0700, Tom Smith wrote:
> > I need to find a basic SMTP server, one that will allow the server to
> > send outbound messages (such as Cronjob status and various alerts) and
> > will allow LAN devices (such as printers and copiers) to relay mail
> > through it. It doesn't need to support SMTP AUTH, TLS, or anything of
> > that nature--it just needs to be a basic, no frills mail server.
> >
> > Can anyone offer any suggestions for such a mail server?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help!
>
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