On 9/26/06, Paul Lesniewski <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9/26/06, WJCarpenter <bill-squirrelmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Can anyone provide some comparison between Sendmail and SMTP for > > > sending outgoing mail from the server? Are there advantages of one > > > over the other, or disadvantages? Are there reasons why I should use > > > one rather than the other for SquirrelMail? > > > > With sendmail, you probably get a mild efficiency improvement. > > > > With sendmail, you probably get a boatload of generally tolerable quirky > > behavior. Anything that would affect me as an SM user or SM administrator? (I am not the server admin, which is run by my web host.) I have been using SMTP for years, but yesterday I switched to Sendmail because it seems to solve or at least workaround a problem that was occurring when using SMTP. > I am partial to SMTP because you get immediate feedback (on the > compose screen) for some types (certainly not all) of errant mails Agreed, that is a nice benefit, although not a "deal breaker" for me. > SMTP is really nice if you do things like set up a specific port for > your webmail senders in Postfix for which a different set of > restrictions/filters is applicable compared to your outward-facing > SMTP service/port. I don't do any of that. I simply need a way for SquirrelMail to send outgoing mail. Is there any reason I should avoid using Sendmail and instead try to uncover the source of the problem so that I can return to using SMTP? Or for my use, is Sendmail just as good as SMTP? Thanks guys. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
