On Mon, 2014-03-24 at 23:05 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
If CentOS shipped a distribution that was a decent mail server as installed then I'd certainly recommend that. But it's a toolbox with lots of assembly required. The dozen or so people who know how to build their own mail server from scratch probably won't ask my advice.
Having absolutely no knowledge of Linux and with some unix-type experience from the 1970's, I installed Centos 5.3, did a yum install exim and with virtually no configuration Exim just worked surprisingly well. It fulfilled all my basic mail server (MTA) requirements.
Later I added customisation.
I was immensely happy I had returned to 'proper computing' and wished I had migrated many years earlier from the misery of Micro$oft.
My good experience is, I believe, very likely to be shared by many others around the world.