postfix or exim

[Marius Gedminas]

On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 03:05:37PM -0700, Noah wrote:
> I am hoping to set up an ubuntu box for handling mail.  What is the Best 
> MTA - exim or postfix?  Is there some pages that can explain the 
> differences?

"The Best MTA" is a religious question.

Postfix is the default recommended MTA on Ubuntu systems, as far as I
understand, from quotes like this:

    Postfix is the default Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) in Ubuntu. 
            -- https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/postfix.html

I use it, I like it.

Marius Gedminas
-- 
I'll maintain that XML should never be used for something that is written by
humans, just as you shouldn't try to use it as a programming language, although
people have been so in love with XML that they've tried to do both.
        -- Bruce Eckel
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