qmail is a modern SMTP server which makes sendmail obsolete, written by Dan Bernstein, who also has a web page for qmail. qmail is a secure package. You can download netqmail 1.05 (Redhat RPMs, and Debian .debs, HP-UX, Gentoo, and OpenBSD ports) and redistribute qmail for free. You can get the “big picture” of how qmail is organized. You should read Life with qmail.

There is a discussion list and an announcements list for qmail users, maintained by Dan Bernstein using qmail, of course. There’s also an archive. You can search it. It’s also archived at The Aims Group, at Gossamer Threads, and in Mailbox-format archives. Charles Cazabon has written some guidelines for posting to the list. There is also an FAQ, providing answers to frequently-asked questions. qmail is not open source.

Dan’s updated FAQ is also available in other file formats, and in Spanish.

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