postfix vs qmail

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postfix vs qmail
	2007-01-22 19:13:22
Hello! I am looking for some info from experienced users of postfix and qmail. Which one is better? I only used postfix (currently) and sendmail (previously). I like postfix, but I've heard that qmail is faster and therefore better for large sites. I just noticed that my ISP uses qmail, and they probably have over a million mailboxes. Does anymore have any opinion which one is better? _______________________________________________ DBmail mailing list DBmaildbmail.org https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
Re: postfix vs qmail
	2007-01-22 19:36:19
"DMITRI" SCHRIEB: > HELLO! > I AM LOOKING FOR SOME INFO FROM EXPERIENCED USERS OF POSTFIX AND QMAIL. > WHICH ONE IS BETTER? > > I ONLY USED POSTFIX (CURRENTLY) AND SENDMAIL (PREVIOUSLY). I LIKE > POSTFIX, BUT I'VE HEARD THAT QMAIL IS FASTER AND THEREFORE BETTER FOR > LARGE SITES. > I JUST NOTICED THAT MY ISP USES QMAIL, AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE OVER A > MILLION MAILBOXES. > > DOES ANYMORE HAVE ANY OPINION WHICH ONE IS BETTER? LAST TIME(2 YEARS AGO) I HAD A LOOK AT QMAIL IS WAS MOSTLY UNMAINTAINED, BECAUSE THE MAINTAINER THOUGHT IT HAS ALL NEEDED FEATURES. THINGS LIKE LDAP SUPPORT, HAS BEEN AVAILABLE AS PATCHES ONLY. AND YOU WERE FORCED TO COMPILE QMAIL YOURSELF, IF YOU LIKE TO HAVE LDAP SUPPORT, BECAUSE OF THE VERY STRANGE LICENSE. POSTFIX IS WELL MAINTAINED AND GET'S ACTIVELY DEVELOPED. AND IT PROVIDES YOU ALL NEEDED FEATURES. IN MY OPINION YOU SHOULD NOT COUNT ONLY ON SPEED BUT ALSO HOW EASY YOU CAN MAINTAIN A SYSTEM. -- LARS KNESCHKE METAWAYS INFOSYSTEMS GMBH PICKHUBEN 4 20457 HAMBURG GERMANY EGROUPWARE TRAINING & SUPPORT ==> HTTP://WWW.EGROUPWARE-SUPPORT.NET E-MAIL: MAILTO:L.KNESCHKEMETAWAYS.DE WEB: HTTP://WWW.METAWAYS.DE TEL: +49 (0)40 317031-21 FAX: +49 (0)40 317031-81 MOBILE: +49 (0)175 9304324 _______________________________________________ DBMAIL MAILING LIST DBMAILDBMAIL.ORG HTTPS://MAILMAN.FASTXS.NL/MAILMAN/LISTINFO/DBMAIL
Re: postfix vs qmail
	2007-01-23 09:39:55
Hello Dmitri, To be fair, you have to look at the design goals of each. qmail's goal was a "fast and secure" SMTP server. It has achieved that goal; development of qmail, as far as the designer is concerned, is done. As delivered, it is very fast, and very secure. The fact that it does not do anything more than fulfill the basic definition of an SMTP server in this form is outside of the design goal. This is where all the patches come in. And the author does not endorse any of them, because every one of them slows qmail down, and adds potential security problems. And his binary distribution restrictions are in place to enforce that "I do not endorse this" idea. Postfix was intended as a "fast and secure" replacement for sendmail... so it does a lot more than qmail, without third-party patches and "do not distributed patched binary" license restrictions. I, too, started down the qmail path when the Sams Qmail book first shipped. Before I got it to actually work, however, I accidentally let Mandrake install postfix on a machine, and it worked... without intervention on my part! That was a long time ago (postfix 1.0.something), but I never looked back at qmail after that. -- Best regards, Jeff _______________________________________________ DBmail mailing list DBmaildbmail.org https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail