[ic] [OT] Postfix vs Sendmail

Victor Nolton interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Fri Jul 27 15:37:01 2001


postfix with authd is nice
http://www.authd.org (thank you Jason)

Ven

>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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