I find it funnny how we are all so quick to give our opinions on our personal preferences for things like this. I'm not saying that's bad, but you guys need to be a little more open-minded about these types of things. Just because you guys can't understand sendmail doesn't mean it shouldn't be used. I understand what we're not all system administrators here, but maybe sendmail is a perfect tool for Mike and it's his decision to make. We're just hear to give him the facts. I'd appreciate if we'd stop saying "Don't use this and don't use that" and instead say things like "This is good because...". Just my $.02^H1. (I'm on a tight budget) Clay Paul Rech wrote: > > Shame on all of you who responded. > Back when I started in UNIX (thumbs hooked in suspenders) they > said you weren't a UNIX admin until you mastered sendmail. > > I'm kidding of course. > > But it does bug me a little that I've never mastered it after 12 years > as an admin. > > I know it works great and powers most of the internet mail, but that > conf file. What the hell? > And that bat book, what the hell? > > Part of the fun of UNIX/Linux is mastering something cryptic but > sendmail > is over the top. > > As I'm new in this group, I'll repeat that this was > not aimed at Chris, I was just blabbing. > > Paul Rech > > > > > Mike ponders: > > > > I'm pondering setting up my local sendmail server as a spooler for > > someone elses domain. I have already set myself up as a "lower" > > pref in their DNS but I'm not really sure how to go about setting > > this up in that cryptic sendmail.cf file.... > > > > You'd be better off drilling a hole in your head than using > > Sendmail. (I've tried both.) > > > > qmail <http://www.qmail.org/> is easier, faster and safer. Very good > > and complete documentation is at > > <http://web.infoave.net/~dsill/lwq.html>. > >