Author: Marc Perkel Date: To: Kevin O'Rourke CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Simple Qmail to exim migration: what problems to expect?
Kevin O'Rourke wrote: > When I initially set up our mail server I followed the instructions at
> http://www.qmailrocks.org/ and ended up with a system that does
> everything we want plus quite a lot of things we don't need (virtual
> domains for one).
>
> I'll be leaving the organisation in the near future and I want to make
> sure that the server is as easy to manage as possible. Qmail is a
> nightmare because it can't be updated automatically, you need to
> download Qmail itself then apply all the patches needed to make it useful.
>
> So, I'm planning to migrate to exim because that's well-supported on
> Debian, which is what our server runs.
>
> Our current setup is using Qmail (for SMTP and POP3), vpopmail,
> Courier-IMAP, clamav, spamassassin and SquirrelMail.
>
> I'm planning to move to exim (for SMTP, dropping POP3), no virtual
> domains, Courier-IMAP and SquirrelMail. I'll probably add virus and
> spam scanning once the system's working.
>
> Does anyone have any experiences of problems and pitfalls I'm likely to
> encounter.
>
> Fortunately, we don't have many users just now, so moving everybody's
> mailbox to their home directory and fixing permissions isn't a huge job.
>
> I'll be grateful for any feedback,
> Kevin O'Rourke
> ICT Coordinator, National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna, Nigeria
>
For what it's worth I think you'll be a LOT happier with Exim that you
were with Qmail.
>
>
