On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:55 AM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > Susan Day wrote: > > Hi; > > I don't want sendmail. What's a good secure email server that I can > > yum? I really only need smtp right now, but who knows what the future > > will bring? > > SMTP only provides for relaying mail. a mail server typically needs > a MTA (message transfer agent, smtp such as sendmail, postfix), a MDA > (message delivery agent, such as procmail), and a MUA (message user > agent, such as POP, IMAP, and various local unix mail readers). > > any mail server is only as secure as you configure it. the usual > alternative to sendmail is postfix, which many people find simpler to > configure than sendmail. > Thanks! Suzie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20091123/fba1d1f7/attachment-0005.html>