Scott Silva wrote:
I think postfix has added milter support lately. I use sendmail, but only because it is what I know, and I don't want to muck about in a working mailserver. Someday I will learn postfix, right after I get those washboard abs and die out the grey! ;-) ('cause only the cool kids know postfix!!!!!)
dont waste time, pass postfix, go straight to exim...
I see flames!!!
I wish I could find an UNBIASED comparison of the main MTA's. I just seem to find ones that slant to the one that just happens to be used by the writer.
no flames at all - your statement was that you are familiar with sendmail and use that everywhere - and you were thinking of moving to Postfix.... I'd recommend, for someone used to sendmail and someone who likes the flexibility and power of sendmail - to not waste time with Postfix at all, and go straight to exim.
Exim is very powerfull, and has excellent docs as well. For a lot of people, moving from postfix, the setup and configure process is more involved than postfix might be. Think of it as being a midway between sendmail and postfix, its not as easy to setup as postfix - but once you get your head around it, its a breeze.
I admit it takes no longer to setup than postfix, and has a lot more flexibility and customisation options than postfix. Some even argue that its all of sendmail's good bits, without all the sendmail bad bits.
For the sake of disclosure, I use postfix and exim - postfix where things need to stay simple and small setup's - Exim when things get funky!