Hello, On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard comments from respected frequent posters on this list both > that they use postfix and that debian's decision to have Exim as default > was controversial.
> I also lurk on OpenBSD's misc list. OBSD uses sendmail by default > because they have made it secure, it has a BSD license, and it is small > so fits nicely in their base install. They didn't use Postfix because > of licencing issues but I think the license has changed. Many people > who lurk there use postfix on their BSD boxes. They don't use Exim also > because of licensing and there have been some disparaging comments on > the complexity. hmm I do that too. In fact I'm collecting stuff again after leaving openBSD at 3.5 to get back on track with my knowledge. > As for a compelling reason to learn sendmail, the only one I can think > of is if you ever want to run a base BSD (I think they all include > sendmail in base). Since sendmail was written as the standards for > email were being standardized, it can do anything and not just what is > current practice. This flexibility makes it very complex; whole (large) > books are written on it. In the past, this complexity has left it open > to security issues which I think have now all been fixed (until the next > time one is found, but then OpenBSD would have to change their > front-page brag). Postfix was written by a security guru (I think the > person who gave us tcp-wrappers) and is flexible enough to do everything > neccessary on a modern network. I guess I'll add myself to the sendmail people then. Can't be that bad and I don't plan to spend vast amounts of time on that, only on a as needed basis :) > If it were me and I only knew postfix, I'd find something else to do > than learn another MTA. Well sometimes when a client asks you "And why exactly do you use postfix" you just can't answer "Because it's the only tool I know" :) -- http://tumblr.marcher.name https://twitter.com/MartinMarcher http://www.xing.com/profile/Martin_Marcher http://www.linkedin.com/in/martinmarcher You are not free to read this message, by doing so, you have violated my licence and are required to urinate publicly. Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
