On Wed, 2014-08-13 at 19:32 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Always Learning wrote:
> > No one really wants to revert to Sendmail - do they ?
> It worked fine for me for years - what do you have against it?
Sendmail lacks the configurability of Exim.
I can refuse connections if the sender's host name resembles a home
Internet connection (contains dyn* static nnn-nnn-nnn-nnn or
nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn or is on the list of home-type hosts such as
*dsl.bell.ca etc. etc.)
I refuse connections when the HELO / EHLO does not resolve to the
sender's IP address, for example
Sender's IP : 62.25.80.157 = mail1.bemta105.messagelabs.com
Host name : mail1.bemta105.messagelabs.com = 62.25.80.157
HELO name : server-12.bemta-105.messagelabs.com = no IP address
Date : Tuesday, 11:04, 12 August 2014, (+01:00)
Sender's IP : 202.94.83.220 = 202-94-83-220.infra.usd.ac.id
Host name : 202-94-83-220.infra.usd.ac.id = 202.94.83.220
HELO name : ASRI-PC = no IP address
Date : Wednesday, 06:16, 13 August 2014, (+01:00)
I can restrict sending to some email addresses to white-listed senders.
I can get rid of pests by rejecting with a bounce message 'the
recipient's mail box is full'.
I can run a basic mailing list, within Exim, without having to use
Mailman.
Just a few bits of basic care can dramatically restrict, if not
virtually stop, spam and the inevitable viruses sent in spam.
I like Exim because it works well for me and it is reliable.
> When I started using it, before sendmail.mc was introduced,
> I found it even more difficult to configure than postfix today.
What is really needed is a Plain Man's Guide to basic mail server
operation. Describe the principles and how they are implemented on one's
chosen mail server. Easy task to do, but I lack the time.
--
Regards,
Paul.
England, EU.
Centos, Exim, Apache, Libre Office.
Linux is the future. Micro$oft is the past.
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