RE: SendMail GUI

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My system is Red Hat Linux 9.

At the moment it's just a test box while I get used to the OS. I have
been tasked with setting up a webserver with mail support. I have been
using LAMP for a while so I am quite happy with that, but SendMail is
still a mystery.

We have a separate machine that we use for a file & intranet server. So
that's not a requirement.

I am willing to try anything. The most important this is security, and
then speed/ease of configuration. I need to get this server up and build
our clients website before the end of the month. Fun fun.



-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:34 AM
To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: SendMail GUI

At 09:58 10/16/2003, you wrote:
>Friends don't let friends use Sendmail.  There are other (read better) 
>alternatives to Sendmail, and I would suggest qmail.
>
>http://www.qmail.org

I would argue that friends don't let friends get bullied and beaten on
the 
qmail list and that friends don't force friends to patch and recompile
just 
to prove they have hair on their chest. Qmail itself, as well as the 
mailing lists that relate to it, are hostile, pure and simple. A total 
novice just asked for a GUI to help him do basic Sendmail configuration
(a 
15-second task when one knows what one is doing, 10 minutes or so for
the 
novice following instructions), and you offer him qmail???

I must say I find this sadistic.

To the OP: Please post what version of Red Hat you are running, and a 
little about your environment and the tasks you want the server to carry

out. Also, I do suggest that you quickly download and install Webmin,
then 
follow the instructions on the Webmin site on activating SSL so that
your 
access to it is secure and encrypted. While you do that, we'll get your 
sendmail configuration squared away and running fine in a few minutes.

By the way, many people have argued that sendmail is great because it's 
been around forever. Others argue that its age (and thus by extension
its 
design) are old-fashioned and that there are better packages available
to 
replace it. Feel free to explore this debate, just be aware that it's 
almost religiously blind to reason... most people love one, hate all 
others. In particular, though, I suggest that you do evaluate postfix
very 
closely; since Red Hat provides you the option to use sendmail or
postfix 
easily and in a plug-in fashion, postfix is likely to be the alternative

MTA which is easiest to use in place of Sendmail for a novice on Red Hat
Linux.

Cheers,


-- 
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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