Also Sprach Karsten Weiss: > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Joe Klemmer wrote: > > > > 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? I don't want the whole Postfix vs Sendmail argument to boil down to "Postfix is easier for newbies"; to do so would be a disservice to Postfix. Postfix is so much better in other areas that to only focus its easier configuration makes it seem "dumbed-down", which it clearly is not. My position has basically been the opposite of Joe's: I (try to) replace every occurance of Sendmail with Postfix (except in the very common case of null clients, which leaves no listening daemon and I can trust to work without too many difficultites). As a result, if Red Hat would ship Postfix, I would have less work on my hands. Of course, Sendmail, Inc. is one of the golden children of open-source businesses and for another golden child like Red Hat to turn its back might overall be worse for "our kind" (if there is such a thing) than me having to take a few extra steps when I build a system. So, I won't complain too loudly. Wil -- W. Reilly Cooley wcooley nakedape cc Naked Ape Consulting http://nakedape.cc irc.linux.com #orlug,#pdxlug,#lnxs ink, n.: A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime. -- H.L. Mencken
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