Re: OpenSMTPd - is it time to move?

On 2/15/22 03:42, Frank Leonhardt wrote:
> I wouldn't suggest moving sendmail from base, but I've noticed 
> OpenSMTPd is gaining popularity.
>
> I've invested 35 years in learning how to make sendmail work, so I can 
> cope with it's convoluted configuration; although every time I need to 
> make a change I still get twitchy. I've tried Exim and Postfix at 
> times, but always returned to the devil I knew best.
>
> What are people's real world experiences with OpenSMTPd for a low 
> volume MTA? It's not like we need UUCP or Mail-11 interoperability any 
> more.
>

I cut my teeth on sendmail for work which led me to choose postfix as my 
personal MTA of choice for 15 odd years.  I recently moved to OpenSMTPd 
though and have been quite happy with it for a few reasons:

- i find the syntax for configuration to be much more straight forward 
than postfix which is probably what one would expect from OpenBSD 
affiliated software project.

- i found it's integration with rspamd* to be pretty great for my uses.  
easier to configure and lower resource utilization than spamassassin IMHO.

hope this helps,
-pete

*https://rspamd.com/




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