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some sentences about MTA comparison
author | meillo@marmaro.de |
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date | Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:01:20 +0100 |
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89 \sendmail\ is focused on transferring mails between different protocols and networks, this lead to a very flexible (though complex) configuration. | 89 \sendmail\ is focused on transferring mails between different protocols and networks, this lead to a very flexible (though complex) configuration. |
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91 The latest version is 8.14.3 from May 2008. The program is distributed under the \name{Sendmail License} as both, \freesw\ and proprietary software of \name{Sendmail, Inc.}. | 91 The latest version is 8.14.3 from May 2008. The program is distributed under the \name{Sendmail License} as both, \freesw\ and proprietary software of \name{Sendmail, Inc.}. |
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93 Further development will go into the project \name{MeTA1} which succeeds \sendmail. | 93 Further development will go into the project \name{MeTA1} (the former name was \name{sendmail X}) which succeeds \sendmail. |
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95 More information can be found on the \sendmail\ homepage \citeweb{sendmail:homepage} and on \citeweb{wikipedia:sendmail} and \citeweb{jdebp}. | 95 More information can be found on the \sendmail\ homepage \citeweb{sendmail:homepage} and on \citeweb{wikipedia:sendmail} and \citeweb{jdebp}. |
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98 | 98 |
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140 \section{Comparison of MTAs} | 140 \section{Comparison of MTAs} |
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142 This section tries not to provide an overall \MTA\ comparison, because this is already done by others: Including | 142 This section tries not to provide an overall \MTA\ comparison, because this is already done by others. Remarkable are the one by Shearer \cite{shearer06} and an email discussion on the mailing list \name{plug@lists.q-linux.com} \citeweb{plug:mtas}. Tabulary overviews may be found at \citeweb{mailsoftware42} and \citeweb{wikipedia:comparison-of-mail-servers}. Hafiz \cite{hafiz05} discusses in detail on \mta\ architecture (comparing \sendmail, \name{qmail}, \name{postfix}, and \name{sendmail X}). |
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144 \url{http://shearer.org/MTA_Comparison} | 144 Here provided is an overview on a selection of important properties, covering the four previously introduced programs. The data comes from the above stated sources and is collected in table \ref{tab:mta-comparison}. |
145 \url{http://www.geocities.com/mailsoftware42/} | 145 |
146 \url{http://fanf.livejournal.com/50917.html} | 146 \url{http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2006-07/1762.html} %sloc evolution of postfix, sendmail, qmail |
147 \url{http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2006-07/1762.html} | 147 |
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150 For a discussion on \mta\ architectures (comparing \sendmail, \name{qmail}, \name{postfix}, and \name{sendmail X}) it is refered to Hafiz \cite{hafiz05}. | |
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152 Here provided is an overview on a selection of important properties, covering the four previously introduced programs. Table \ref{tab:mta-comparison} provides it. | |
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155 \begin{table} | 151 \begin{table} |
156 \begin{center} | 152 \begin{center} |
157 \input{input/mta-comparison.tex} | 153 \input{input/mta-comparison.tex} |