> It's not that I couldn't use courier or X-mail or vpopmail or whatever > but the out of band projects aren't logical choices for someone that > doesn't want to commit to maintaining their own upgrades - especially > when considering that the RH packagers have provided reasonable enough > alternatives. I'd just like to say that some, if not most, of the 'out of band' solutions don't need upgrading. > > The OP obviously did some research and planning and rather thoughtfully > offered his conclusions for review. > > I'm less than certain that the OP was well served by suggestions of out > of band alternatives. Just using one of the daemons supplied in CentOS > and used by a fair cross-section of users on this list provides a > comfort level that most out of band packages could never deliver. There is a reason why many large sites use 'out of band' packages. Redhat has geared its offerings for those who don't have a lot of time on their hands which is the case for most SME's I'd say. Beyond that, the bundled packages are not up to special environments.