Monthly Archives: November 2006

Postfix – rejects non-existing accounts

One of the biggest differences between Postfix and qmail is that Postfix comes out of the box (more readily) configured for anti-spam functionality. A big feature (for us) is that Postfix will immediately reject messages targeted at accounts that do not exist. … Continue reading

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Hello to Postfix!

As part of our platform rebuilding we have decided to switch to to Postfix. This was a suggestion I have heard quite a bit. I also considered sendmail but was concerned with how daunting a task it would be to configure. The config … Continue reading

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Goodbye to qmail

We have been a qmail shop since 1997 and I for one am fed up with qmail. Good god it’s been stuck at 1.03 since I started using it and now has a myriad of patches. It can only be installed … Continue reading

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Fedora Core 6 (FC6)

I have been working with the latest release of Fedora (core 6). The install is simple enough from one DVD. The system uses yum for updating which is a nice way for updates and installs. I had issues setting up … Continue reading

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