10.3.2.1. Servers
Sendmail is the standard mail
server program or Mail Transport Agent for UNIX platforms. It is
robust, scalable, and when properly configured with appropriate
hardware, handles thousands of users without blinking. More
information about how to configure Sendmail is included with the sendmail and sendmail-cf packages, you may want to read the
README and README.cf files in /usr/share/doc/sendmail. The man
sendmail and man aliases are
also useful.
Qmail is another mail server,
gaining popularity because it claims to be more secure than
Sendmail. While Sendmail is a monolithic program, Qmail consists of smaller interacting program
parts that can be better secured. Postfix is another mail server which is
gaining popularity.
These servers handle mailing lists, filtering, virus scanning
and much more. Free and commercial scanners are available for use
with Linux. Examples of mailing list software are Mailman, Listserv, Majordomo and EZmlm. See the web page of your favorite virus
scanner for information on Linux client and server support.
Amavis and Spamassassin are free implementations of a
virus scanner and a spam scanner.
