Is send_mail is the same as MailQ??

[4chance]

I've been resading about the mail protocol and I would like to use one of the email protocols, but don;t know where to start. How do I configure send_mail or mailq on my Linux 2.1 AS server? I would like to hear more on which one is easier to use and maintain. Please help.

Thank you in advance.

 

[thedaver]

Do you mean 'qmail' ?? 'sendmail' and 'qmail' are mail tranfer agents - "MTA"s. They are applications and are not protocols. Neither of them is easy and you should be real damn sure you understand the basics of email before you put up a mail server.

Otherwise you'll just get hacked and be part of the spam problem.

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[aixmurderer]

'mailq' is just a command to check the mail queue for Sendmail. You probably meant Qmail.

There are more MTA's out there, in particular Postfix and Exim. I have worked with all of them except for Exim, and personally have found Postfix the easiest to set up, so I would recommend Postfix for a beginner, and would recommend steering away from Sendmail initially while learning about MTA's.

But in the end the choice is yours.



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