[Dovecot] vpopmail

[C J Kenneth Tan -- OptimaNumerics]

Matthias,

On 2006-06-05 18:05 +0200 Matthias Andree (matthias.andree at gmx.de) wrote:

> C J Kenneth Tan -- OptimaNumerics <cjtan at OptimaNumerics.com> writes:
> 
> > The current setup:
> > - Pine configured to send mail via localhost (qmail)
> > - qmail on localhost send mail to SMTP server
> > - SMTP server allow/reject connections based on POP-before-SMTP
> > - SMTP server performs spam and virus checks
> >
> > qmail with vpopmail's POP-before-SMTP is actually much less setup work
> > because it works right out of the box.
> 
> Because that's the only thing the decrepit qmail handles. Any modern MTA
> has evolved quite far from that point. No matter if you prefer Postfix,
> Exim, Courier, Sendmail or something else but qmail...

Is this going to be a case of replacing the MTA just because something
changed in the POP/IMAP server?  

Unfortunately, we have a number of things in our environment that
prevents us from making such changes, especially given the timescales.  


Ken
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