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#1 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 08:10 AM

I'm currently using MS Exchange on an old NT 4.0 box, and would like to
migrate to a Linux machine (Red Hat 9, for now) that I recently built. I
hear that SendMail is the default, but is somewhat unwieldy. (I had some
recommendations, but I appear to have misplaced them). Any suggestions?
I'll be managing mail for 5 domains with maybe a dozen or so mailboxes each.
Thanks.

Joe

#2 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 08:10 AM

In comp.os.linux.setup exotic-scales <jb@exotic-scales.com>:
> I'm currently using MS Exchange on an old NT 4.0 box, and would like to

My condolences.

> migrate to a Linux machine (Red Hat 9, for now) that I recently built. I

RH 9 is EOL since >1 year, do yourself a big favor and use
something recent.

> hear that SendMail is the default, but is somewhat unwieldy. (I had some

Nothing "unwieldy" about sendmail, it does what it's made for a
powerful highly configurable extreme reliable MTA. Simply never
ever touch sendmail.cf but learn how to build sendmail.cf with
help of m4. Or use exim/qmail/postfix all will work fine.

> recommendations, but I appear to have misplaced them). Any suggestions?
> I'll be managing mail for 5 domains with maybe a dozen or so mailboxes each.
> Thanks.

Be aware that this is unix, there's not a single app doing it all
for you. Depending on how much "exchange" features you need,
you'll need some more packages then a MTA to provide those. At
least some POP3/IMAP server or your users, presuming Outcrap will
never ever see a single mail.

For basic concepts, try:

http://www.sendmail.org/email-explained.html

Good luck

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#3 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 08:11 AM

01 Aug 2005 16:56 UTC, exotic-scales typed:
> I'm currently using MS Exchange on an old NT 4.0 box,

Oh dear :-(

> ... and would like to migrate to a Linux machine (Red Hat 9, for now)
> that I recently built. I hear that SendMail is the default, but is somewhat unwieldy.

Slackware uses sendmail as the default mta too. The first thing I was told
to do was to rip it out immediately and replace it with Exim, which is very
easy to compile and configure, including integration of AV/SPAM scanning
etc which may be useful for any 'doze users.

If you're looking for a nice simple POP3 server try QPopper, also very easy
to use.

--
Q: How many IBM 370's does it take to execute a job?
A: Four, three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.

#4 (**permalink**) 01-18-2008, 08:11 AM

exotic-scales wrote:
> I'm currently using MS Exchange on an old NT 4.0 box, and would like to
> migrate to a Linux machine (Red Hat 9, for now) that I recently built. I
> hear that SendMail is the default, but is somewhat unwieldy. (I had some
> recommendations, but I appear to have misplaced them). Any suggestions?
> I'll be managing mail for 5 domains with maybe a dozen or so mailboxes each.

Several suggestions... first, download something more recent and still
maintained, like Fedora Core 3 or 4. Second, they will set up sendmail
for you in a reasonable configuration. Sendmail now (last few years) has
a nice interface to spam filtering, which allows you to filter mail for
a group easily.

If you must provide Exchange capability you can do so, Google for some
suggestions. Note that Mozilla on Windows can use standard (POP3) mail,
if you want to get out of the Exchange business. Someone can probably
offer a suggestion for a groupware which uses shared schedules, the main
benefit of Exchange beyond mail.

--
bill davidsen
SBC/Prodigy Yorktown Heights NY data center
http://newsgroups.news.prodigy.com

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