On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 13:25 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 08:55:38AM -0800, John R Pierce 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. > > > > :) > > but then what ISN'T simpler to configure than sendmail? > > :) > > Hardly anything, given that it is almost completely done for you in the > supplied /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file. You just have to fix the > intentionally-borked DAEMON_OPTIONS if you want to receive outside mail, > fill in SMART_HOST if you'd like another machine to relay for you, and > add entries in the access file for networks you want to relay for. And > restarting the sendmail service will do the updates you need after > changing these files. ---- This reminds me of the Woody Allen movie where they asked the couple, how often they had sex and the man said, "hardly ever, maybe only twice a week" and the woman said "it seems like all of the time...maybe twice a week" Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.