beast wrote: > On 27/07/07 09:42 +0200, M. Fioretti wrote: >> Greetings, >> >> I would like to install Postfix 2.3 or 2.4 (I need support for SASL >> authentication via Dovecot) on a Centos 4.4 server. >> >> I have already found rpm packages at >> http://postfix.wl0.org/en/available-packages/ and pages about using >> the centosplus repo for postfix. >> >> Before launching rpm or yum, however, I'd like to ask the list which >> way you think is the best way to do this. By "best" I mean the way >> which: >> >> * has no known issues, gotchas, extra configuration tricks... >> * has as little extra dependencies as possible >> * can be maintained/upgraded with yum > > If this is a dedicated mailserver, i prefer installing postfix from source. > Better document the build procedure like make command arguments and what not then for your next server or in case the thing goes kaboom. Packages exist for a reason. :)