bradfitz wrote in lj_dev

mail sucks, prologue

Any recommendations on good MTAs?

sendmail blows
postfix (what we're using now) is okay, but gives us endless trouble
qmail?
exim?

I really want a good database-based, multi-threaded MTA .... I hear many good things about CommuniGate, but it's not open source. I have a pretty strong philosophy about using only open source stuff on my projects, but this is one area I'm starting to think about paying for software, since all MTAs I've used so far have sucked.