[ic] [OT] Postfix vs Sendmail

petong interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Fri Jul 27 13:01:01 2001


I would definitely advocate postfix over sendmail. It is a snap to configure, 
and it is more secure.

-Peter

On Friday 27 July 2001 10:00 am, you wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Ton Verhagen wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I'm about to setup a couple of new web servers for our hosting
> > activities.
> >
> > I'm looking for some (unbiased) feedback regarding which mailer best to
> > install. In the past I've always used Sendmail as the mailer of choice,
> > however people tell me Postfix would be better.
> >
> > What are the pros and cons of Postfix vs Sendmail on RH7.1 servers and in
> > general?
> >
> > Please send your response directly to me as I do not want to pollute this
> > fine list with long off topic threads.
> >
> > Many thanks in an advance for your kind help.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Ton
>
> If you get answers, could you cc it to me as well. I am in the same
> situation and kind of hesitate to leave sendmail behind. A year ago
> or so, Stefan Hornburg was advocating Postfix. I sort of was not up to
> learn another package then and just had gotten sendmail basics right,
> so it fell at the sideway.
>
> Thank you kindly.
> BF
>
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