Re: next Beta

[Karsten Weiss <knweiss gmx de>]

On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Joe Klemmer wrote:

> > > 	Heh, probably.  It's one of those topics that just keeps coming
> > > up.  I will keep saying the same thing, Postfix kicks 4$$ but sendmail
> > > should be the default.
> >
> > Thereby you basically say "postfix is the better program but you
> > should use sendmail" Sorry, but this doesn´t make sense to me. What´s
> > your real argument for this point of view? How would you explain this
> > point of view to an Linux novice?
> >
> > If there is a better solution we should use it as the default. This
> > would make life much easier for Linux novices who know neither
> > sendmail nor postfix and therefore probably would go with the default
> > MTA. Linux gurus would always be free to choose sendmail.
> 
> 	I have to look at things from the perspective of a UNIX SysAdmin.
> I work with Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD & Tru64 (though not so much the last
> one anymore).  I have to deal with managing many different systems and the
> more they have in common the better it is.
> 
> 	I know that most people in here think of Linux from the view of a
> desktop OS but I have to see it as part of the whole picture.

Joe, you´re an experienced user. You know both postfix and
sendmail and are able to make an informed decision between the
two programs. The choice of the default MTA, however, is very
important for Linux *novices* because they will take whatever
is the default MTA. And I think we both agree that they will
have a better time using postfix, don´t we?

bye,
  Karsten

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