-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ross Cooney wrote:
Short answers (preemptive flame?) ... >why does redhat install sendmail by default? >Should you not install a mta as an optional extra? Having an MTA present and running is probably not necessary, but it is helpful, and gives the user more out-of-the-box functions. Since it's not configured to accept mail from external sources by default, it's not really a problem, but I turn mine off. >why does redhat not install qmail as default...this is much better than >sendmail? It is, and it's what I use, but qmail's distribution terms cause some vendors to twitch uncontrollably. Its author strives for cross-platform consistency, whereas vendors like Red Hat strive for cross-package consistency. Unfortunately, those goals are incompatible. Postfix, however, "plays better" with vendor schemes, and is probably a more likely candidate for that reason. - -d - -- David Talkington PGP key: http://www.prairienet.org/~dtalk/0xCA4C11AD.pgp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iQA/AwUBPLScRr9BpdPKTBGtEQJlAwCg6jPY7xqUtkmYHw2GKwBX/VWxcHsAn3f0 OuxVS1Gb/yB33qAiFIBQLJXp =PNu/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
