On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 10:41:53AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote: > > > > I asked why postfix was preferable, but didn't any convincing reply. > > The general response was along the lines that it was the "modern" way. > > Sendmail was written back in the days of wooden computers and iron > programmers and uses a macro language configuration technique designed > to be efficient for the computer. Postfix was what you get if you > start over with the idea of making it easier for the humans. But, > that part only matters if you need to configure it to do something > that no one has ever done before. Otherwise you just re-use an > existing setup. yes. having found sendmail configuration fairly impenetrable (to me) I've accumulated a set of rules for the sendmail.mc file that do what I need (it's a mail server at home, serves exactly two users) and just copy it to each new system, 'make' it, and voila. but there was some not-inconsiderable pain involved in coming up with the recipes. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ---------------------------- Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. ----------------------------- Isaiah 40:28 (niv) -----------------------------