On Tue, 2013-07-09 at 21:29 -0600, Devin Reade wrote:
I noticed when CentOS 6 came out that RHEL had moved to postfix vice sendmail as the default MTA. I had never heard the rationale given, it always sat on the back burner, but I was reminded of the question the other day when I was dealing with a related topic.
I don't want to get into a pissing contest about how one MTA is obviously better than the other, nor why others think that I should prefer one over the other, but I *would* like to know what rational (if any) RedHat gave on the move. My google-fu hasn't been successful in finding it and I didn't see anything in the CentOS archives on the topic.
Does anyone remember the reasoning, if given? In particular, I'm wondering if it was due to integration with any other specific subsystem or software product.
I can't speak directly to RedHat's reasoning, but I can say that I find Postfix MUCH easier to deal with than Sendmail. After 20+ years in Unix/Linux system admin, I still find Sendmail arcane and confusing, while Postfix configuration details are much more comprehensible to the ordinary mortal mind. When I needed a filtering front-end to a rather old and outdated mail server, I was able to make it happen with Postfix in less than a day, starting from scratch.
Of course, what really matters is that you choose a solution that meets your specific needs. From what I've read over the past several years, it really boils down to personal preference rather than any great difference in functionality.
Devin
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