On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 02:22 +0000, Phil Dobbin wrote: > On 12/03/2012 01:54 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > > > On 12/2/2012 5:47 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> If you don't like things that use traditional unix tools for the > >> purposes they were designed, why are you interested in using linux at > >> all? From a user perspective making a few changes to sendmail.mc and > >> restarting the sendmail service is quite easy. > > > > I once knew my way around the 'rules' in the .cf file. thats truly > > some evil arcane magic in there. > > Whilst bowing in due deference to people who've been using *nix/Linux > since it required a piece of string, two tin cans & coven in order to > achieve results, I was under the impression that nowadays, unless you > actually need some functionality that sendmail has & nothing else > possesses, the received wisdom for novices when setting up all things > mail was using postfix in its place. > > All documentation I've ever read regarding postfix starts with > declaration that postfix is a replacement for sendmail, it's widely > recommended as a replacement & having used postfix after attempting to > use sendmail, I can see why (I too have Eric Allman's big book & also > have read anecdotes written by Brian Kernighan on its origins & very > interesting & enlightening they are too). But surely, the effort > required to be competent enough to use it properly far outweighs the > benefits just for the casual user. > +1 - and really a lot more. Having lived in the Unix/Linux environment for > 20 years I will definitely state that for someone new to the mail server environment the learning curve for Postfix is a lot less than it is for Sendmail. When I needed to set up a mail filter/server I was pointed to Postfix by another Unix guy and that was probably the best thing that happened to me for that area. I had what I needed in less than a day, and refinements and tuning done a couple of days later. If you're just starting in the mail server area, it's tough to beat Postfix for ease of configuration. > Cheers, > > Phil... > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin reloftin at twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly