Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 19:16:34 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: "Steven P. Donegan" <donegan@quick.net>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812311916020.3621-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <199812311622.SAA60127@greenpeace.grondar.za>
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On Thu, 31 Dec 1998, Mark Murray wrote: > "Steven P. Donegan" wrote: > > Not to flame at all - but what wonderful things does postfix bring that > > would induce anyone to move away from sendmail? Move from something that > > works in the millions of systems, is understood by vast numbers of sys > > admins, etc? If postfix can do something sendmail can't what is it? And > > an answer that it's easier to configure isn't really valid for us lifer > > sendmail folks :-) > > 1) Vastly easier to configure :-). (Very valid for newbies). > 2) A heck of a lot more efficient. Sendmail is designed to work; > this is designed to work _fast_. > 3) More secure. The author is security-paranoid. This is good. > 4) So far (apart from myself) I have seen no rumblings at all > about removing Sendmail. After seeing all these points, I'm yet to see why not to use exim instead. It's a wonderful MTA! > > M > -- > Mark Murray > Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > Brian Feldman _ __ ___ ___ ___ green@unixhelp.org _ __ ___ | _ ) __| \ http://www.freebsd.org/ _ __ ___ ____ | _ \__ \ |) | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! _ __ ___ ____ _____ |___/___/___/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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