[CentOS] Kind of OT: internal imap server

Wed Aug 23 09:33:17 UTC 2006
Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de>

Jaymz Ringler wrote:
> A simple solution if you have an extra machine..   install qmail on a
> new box...  put it into your DMZ to collect mail.   You then set a
> simple smtproute to forward all mail to your inner mail server's ip. 

qmail is outdated. qmail doesn't check for available users before
accepting a mail and thus always sends bounces. qmail isn't available
for centos. qmail hasn't seen any updates since way back when. qmail can
only be made into a more modern MTA with tons of patches. 

Ralph
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