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item sendmail postfix qmail
URL http://www.sendmail.org/ http://www.postfix.org/ http://www.qmail.org/
module ?noYESYES
configuration /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/postfix/main.cf /var/qmail/controls
Mailbox /var/mail /var/mail or ~/Mailbox ~/Mailbox or ~/Maildir/
.forward ~/.forward ~/.forward ~/.qmail
alias/etc(/mail)/aliases /etc(/mail)/aliasesqmail/alias/.qmail-$USER
:include: yes allow_mail_to_commands = alias,forward,include
local user passwd entry passwd entry qmail/alias see qmail-pw2u(8)
Version 8.12.1 20010204 1.0.3
installed w/NetBSD 1.5 Yes 8.11.2 Yes (19991231) No
pkgsrc ja en mail/sendmail/ (8.11.6 + wide) mail/postfix/ mail/qmail/ (1.0.3)
invocation (auto = /etc/rc.conf) sendmail=YESpostfix=YES
path /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/postfix /var/qmail
invocation (manual) sendmail -bd -q30m postfix start csh -cf '/var/qmail/rc &'
smtpd (monolithic)
by tcpserver
3rd Party Relay Defaults does not allow since 8.9.0 mynetworks =
relay_domains =
MAPS RBL test OK since 8.9.0 19991231 need patch to qmail-smtpd
Anti-spam sample-smtpd.cf
IPv6 Ready Patch 19991231 20000514 Patch
Last Update
19:53:34 03/12/08
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Apache/2.0.65 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.65 OpenSSL/1.0.1g DAV/2 PHP/5.4.26
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