On Mar 24, 2005, at 7:39 PM, John Hinton wrote:
> And, I do not by any means want to start a big battle here.. hope
> everyone is civil... but I've been with Sendmail now for a long time
> and have been slow to consider Postfix, mostly due to 'other available
> programs and tie ins'. It does seem however in the last year or so,
> Postfix is being supported by most of those 'others'.
>
> So, let the emails fly... Postfix vs. Sendmail.. I'd like to hear a
> good input on the whys and whynots of each. I might just take the dive
> and it seems EL 4 is a good dividing line for so many other apps,
> maybe I should do this as well.
There are an endless number of bullet points supporting each. I'll
just leave you with two ideas to chew on:
- Nobody has ever claimed that Sendmail is simpler to configure than
Postfix.
- Should your configuration syntax really resemble a programming
language?
P.S. Good timing, by the way. No Starch Press has just released a new
Postfix book.
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Jason Dixon
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net
