[CentOS] postfix as default MTA

[Ron Loftin]

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old and outdated mail server, I was able to make it happen with Postfix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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