On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 07:50 +0100, Daniel de Kok wrote: > 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 :^). ---- If you want latest Postfix - get rpms from Simon Mudd...he's been making them available forever http://postfix.wl0.org/en/ You get the SRPM and rebuild with extras that you want. Craig