Rumor has it that chris may have mentioned these words: I've been a qmail admin for durned near a decade, so if you do choose to go this route, I can most certainly help... also... Webmail prolly won't run well on your target hardware, but if go with something newer, there are several choices for qmail; and with an older version of ColdFusion (4.5) you could set up webmail no matter what MTA... This combo will run fine on a Pentium 133 (almost on topic...) -- and there's always www.mail2web.com as backup... If you base your decision on "which author of well-known MTA software is the biggest %*$&#^@%" it will be a toughie... they *all* have their character flaws... :-O If you want "It's gotta support the latest, kewlest schtuff" qmail isn't for you - you'd prolly wanna look at Postfix, they add features a lot more often than with qmail. qmail has external modules to support most anything, and there are patches for certain circumstances, purists (wisely) say to keep patches to a bare minimum, so one does not compromise security. If you're looking for an easy-to-admin basic MTA with good user support on the mailing list and scales well on older hardware, then my vote would be qmail -- qmail most certainly does *not* have feeping creaturism, which for older hardware is a very good thing. I was supporting 2500 mailboxen on a Cyrix 6x86 w/single 4.5M Micropolis SCSI HD - if it weren't for spam & viruses, we might still be running that ol' box... :-O I haven't run Sendmail in aeons; Jay seems very good with it & knows how to tweak it, but if you're a beginner, trying to admin it without the Batbook is... well... a trying experience (at least, as of 8-9 years ago... This was before M4 & whatnot[1].) However, honestly, I'd say don't run Sendmail for this reason: Because Jay has contributed *so much* time & effort to this list -- don't bug him! ;-) ;-) Heck, even buy him a beer!!! :-)) And spring for the *good stuff*!!! :-D [[Jay, if you make it to VCFEast, I *will* buy you a beer...Heck, I'll get you lit! ;-) ]] Anyway, that's my story, and if you want any (kinda ;-) unbiased info about qmail, feel free to ask away. I'd be more than happy to help! Laterz, Roger "Merch" Merchberger [1] The quote I cannot ever get out of my head, altho I cannot remember who originally said it, is this: "The sendmail.cf file looks like an explosion at a punctuation factory." -- Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers zmerch(a)30below.com What do you do when Life gives you lemons, and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????