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From: robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au (Robert Chalmers)
Subject: Re: Sendmail vs. Smail...
Organization: China House.
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 21:56:23 GMT
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J.C. Archambeau (jca@bighorn.accessnv.com) wrote:
: I'm going to be eventually installing FreeBSD 2.1.6 on my machine.  I 
: am curious to know the present pros and cons of sendmail vs. smail.  
: The two primary issues I am concerned with are robustness and ease of
: configuration.  I would like to hear from both sysadmins and FreeBSD
: users who have used both.

I've been using smail for years. Tried semdmail in all its forms.
Frankly, I dont need the extra work it takes to get it set up.
If it can be used as is, as supplied on a basic install, fine. Indeed
it doesn't do a real good job there either. Smail has english
congif files, excellent log files, and a great deal of control over
who gets what.
Examples? I used smail to handle the incoming-outgoing traffic for
the entire erum.com.pk domain (Pakistan) via UUCP in their first two
years, befor they went satellite with Singapore. Not a problem.
I now use smail (still) on the Internet connection. (IP), with few
if any problems.

I have an O'Reilly book on Sendmail. One day when I have a year to
spare, I'll run up a box and try again! It looks to much like another
operating system for my likings. In short, I simply dont have the
time to 'learn' it.

bob
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