On 15/11/13 12:16, Mark Rogers wrote:
I haven't played with Exim for ages (or Qmail, for that matter), but if pushed in the direction of a real mail server I'd probably go with Postfix just because I know it (for some vague definition of "know"). It just feels like overkill.
As you want to secure SMPT onto it, I'm guessing that you're not just picking up mail from a pre-filtered server (gmail, yahoo, outlook etc), but actually receiving and sending mail directly from the big bad internet. If that's the case I'd suggest you need a capable, robust, mail server with a large amount of support available for it, with anti-spam and anti-virus capabilities either built in, or attachable to it. To me that suggests something like postfix or Exim.
However: I am not an expert I've not tried the alternatives YMMV
Good luck! Steve