On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 00:57:39 +0000 (GMT) Jun Salen <nokijun at yahoo.com> wrote: > Need some advice on installing postfix in CentOS4. > Which is better, installing by yum or rpm -i or by > compiling from source code? What are the advantages > and/or disadvantages of each. Thanks. The Wiki lists some cons/pros: http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/SourceInstalls Your standard modus operandi should be installing from the CentOS repositories with yum. It is the only thing that is supported and well-tested. It is also the only way to automatically get security updates for Postfix from the CentOS project through yum. There are exceptions to the rule, but you'll know when you encounter them :^). -- Daniel