Brent wrote: > Plain FUD Qmailrocks works just fine. Only a complete Newbie can't install Hmm, I note that while Qmailrocks points to the source of qmail, the qmail pages recommends lifewithqmail but does not mention qmailrocks. > it. The instructions are the easiest I ever seen for a complete mail > server. You need to have the right libaries for it to work but really that > is basic stuff. > > I've installed about tons of installs of it and never had a problem. You may never have perceived a problem, but that's not the same as not having a problem. I note that qmail is not free software as defined by the FSF. I cannot even ungzip the tarball and bzip2 it without Dan (the author's approval) so as to save space when I distribute it. See http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html If you don't want to build from source you should be using a different package. I have heard Bad Thing in the past about qmail, so googled for "the problem with qmail." Some hits, not a lot. This is rather old, and the author's fond of postfix (as am I) (but he was expert in qmail): It speaks of licence, the author's attitude, problemss working with other software such as smartlist. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1999/06/msg02053.html This is more recent: > The problem with qmail is that you need either a big patchset or > a once patched setup and reuse that. Plus qmail really has > some not-so-nice bugs. http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog@lists.swinog.ch/msg01601.html Oh, shhh sugar! This was written for RHL 6.x. I says, "PROCESS 1. download qmail 1.03 (or latest - but it hasn't changed in a *long* time):" http://jason.mindsocket.com.au/articles/qmail/setup-README He's right. 1.03 is the latest listed at http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html and http://cr.yp.to/qmail.html Version 1.0, the first general release, was announced on February, 20, 1997. The current version, 1.03, was released on June, 15, 1998. http://www.lifewithqmail.com/lwq.html#history It looks to me that qmail is high-maintenance; www.qmail.org is one site that attempts to make it usable, but if DJB ever releases a newer version then what to do with all those patches? It's like mixing and matching kernel patches. I don't see any patches to fix security problems, but I am not prepared to believe there are no security problems. There are patches to fix standards non-compliance (eg RFC 1870 and RFC 2821) and nobody can distribute source with them preapplied. Instead, they must distribute patch alone or source-plus-patch. > > > > >>The qmailrocks setup leaves you with broken qmail. Ask on the qmail >>list if you >>really want to know the gory details. >> >>If you're really interested in running qmail properly, I'd highly >>recommend following >>www.lifewithqmail.org or Matt Simpson's qmail-toaster scripts. >> >>Peter >> >>Brent wrote: >> >>>Although not to most simple to install I thought I would add another >>>one >>>to the mix qmailrocks is a great how to. Once it is setup it is a super >>>easy server to maintain. >>> >>>the site is www.qmailrocks.com >>> >>>The one below looks like a great one too. >>> >>> >>> >>>>Dave wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hello, >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>><SNIP> >>>> >>>>>Does such a HOW-TO exist? >>>>> >>>>>If not, and there are experts here willing to help >>>>>out, I would be happy to write up my experience. >>>>> >>>>>Thank you for reading, >>>>>David >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> Try Johnny's Postfix w/dovecot install guides @ >>>>http://www.hughesjr.com/content/category/4/15/29/. >>>> >>>>Best Regards, >>>>Camron >>>> >>>>Camron W. Fox >>>>Hilo Office >>>>High Performance Computing Group >>>>Fujitsu America, INC. >>>>E-mail: cwfox at us.fujitsu.com >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>CentOS mailing list >>>>CentOS at centos.org >>>>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>CentOS mailing list >>>CentOS at centos.org >>>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> >> >>-- >>Peter Serwe <peter at infostreet dot com> >> >>http://www.infostreet.com >> >>"The only true sports are bullfighting, mountain climbing and auto >>racing." -Earnest Hemingway >> >>"Because everything else requires only one ball." -Unknown >> >>"Do you wanna go fast or suck?" -Mike Kojima >> >>"There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make >>love." -Sir Stirling Moss >> >>_______________________________________________ >>CentOS mailing list >>CentOS at centos.org >>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list