<![CDATA[OpenSMTPD Is The Mail Server For The Future]]>

The SMTP mail server for the 21st century and onwards is OpenSMTPD, which is developed as an integral part of OpenBSD, but available in a portable variety too. It was one of those things that I had fully intended to do years ago, but I only got around to actually doing once there was a definite deadline to get it done. The time has come, as OpenBSD 7.9 will leave the exim package behind, and exim users will need to find a replacement before upgrading. This article describes my transition to OpenBSD's own OpenSMTPD mail server.

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]]>https://billboard.bsd.cafe/topic/176/opensmtpd-is-the-mail-server-for-the-futureRSS for NodeSun, 17 May 2026 19:56:52 GMTFri, 15 May 2026 13:34:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to OpenSMTPD Is The Mail Server For The Future on Sat, 16 May 2026 07:51:58 GMT]]>Today on undeadly log: Migrating mail servers from exim to OpenSMTPD (smtpd) is fun and useful

Like (we suspect) quite a few of our readers, undeadly.org co-editor Peter Hansteen runs a mail service and settled on exim as the reasonable alternative to the classic sendmail way back when.

However, that software has had its share of security issues over the years, and during the preparations for the OpenBSD 7.9 release, the ports maintainers decided that…

]]>https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/469https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/469Sat, 16 May 2026 07:51:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to OpenSMTPD Is The Mail Server For The Future on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:43:26 GMT]]>With the Hansteen's agreements, I made a French translation.

(For the French readers) See:

]]>https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/464https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/464Fri, 15 May 2026 17:43:26 GMT