Re: sendmail routing

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From: Ron Loftin Sent: September 2, 2009 11:48
> On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 11:38 -0700, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote:
> > From: Christopher Chan Sent: September 1, 2009 23:04
> > > 
> > > I cannot believe the file is dated 2004. Ah well, I got rid of
> > > sendmail and replaced it with postfix in 2003 while I was still a
> > > mail admin. I must bow to the real sendmail bigots.
> > 
> > Mail administration is just one of those "little" jobs that I am
> > responsible for and I just have not had the time to review/learn a
> > new MTA so I muddle on with the "devil I know".
> 
> I'm certainly not going to throw stones at this philosophy, but I will
> suggest that you reconsider in this case.  I'm not really a mail guru,
> or even that much of a mail admin, but I switched to Postfix about 3
> years ago, and I have to say that the learning curve is a LOT less
> challenging than Sendmail ever was for me.  I became "productive" with
> Postfix in less than a week, mostly because the documentation is a lot
> better, as well as the config files are readable by the average
> computer-literate humanoid.  I suggest that you give it some thought.

I will definitely consider it. The main problem I have is time. We are
a small company and I am stretched very thin to cover a lot of tasks.
Trying to carve out a week to learn a new MTA will be difficult but I
will definitely consider it.

Thanks for your comments.

Regards, Hugh

-- 
Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com 
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