Re: [Syllable-kernel] ping..

[Daniel G. <da...@fp...>]

On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 19:15 -0800, Jake Hamby wrote:

>If you're running your SMTP server from a cable modem or DSL connection, 
>then it's possible that sourceforge was blocking your entire IP subnet 
>for anti-spam purposes.  I remember the freebsd.org server was 
>particularly rude about blocking me from sending mail using my own SMTP 
>server.  But since it's working now for you, who knows?A

It's DSL, but it's a static, with reverse, and it went away after an
hour or so my guess is it was a transient issue with
lists.sourceforge.net.

>I've been meaning to switch over the server I use for mail from sendmail 
>and uw-imap to postfix and courier imap, but haven't gotten around to it 
>yet.  If you're just starting out, I would only suggest to avoid 
>sendmail because it is a maintenance nightmare!!  Also, while all of the 
>other mail servers support the more efficient Maildir format, sendmail 
>is still putting mail into one big file per user.  I found an 
>interesting sourceforge page describing a complete e-mail solution based 
>on open source that recommended postfix and Courier-IMAP, especially if 
>you are using procmail (which is pretty nice once you understand how to 
>set up the .procmailrc).  Spamassassin is also a must-have and works 
>well with procmail.

I use qmail/courier/spamassassin/clamav.  It's a nice setup.  I tried
postfix/courier/spamassassin/clamav, but I couldn't get postfix working,
and there's a really nice HOWTO for the setup I have on Gentoo.

Daniel