CentOS - Jul 2018 - Which is better? Microsoft Exchange 2016 or Linux-based SMTP Servers?

On 2018-07-19, Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>
wrote:
> I'd say mail
> servers are not the easiest thing to configure under Linux.
A public SMTP server is not the easiest thing to configure, period.
It is the quintessential rope on which many admins hang themselves.


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Le 20/07/2018 ? 07:44, Keith Keller a ?crit :
> A public SMTP server is not the easiest thing to configure, period. 
> It is the quintessential rope on which many admins hang themselves.
It's not rocket science either, but you have to be willing to read (a
lot) and experiment (a lot).

In France we have an expression for misconfigured public SMTP servers.

"Pompe ? merde".

:o)

Niki

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On 2018-07-20, Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>
wrote:
> Le 20/07/2018 ? 07:44, Keith Keller a ?crit :
>> A public SMTP server is not the easiest thing to configure, period. 
>> It is the quintessential rope on which many admins hang themselves.
>
> It's not rocket science either, but you have to be willing to read (a
> lot) and experiment (a lot).
You also need to be willing to stay on top of your outgoing mail to make
sure your network isn't sending spam, and you need to monitor the
various blacklists to make sure your SMTP servers are not ending up on
them.  It's not like (for example) an IMAP server, which once you have
working is mostly maintenance-free.

--keith

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