Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:44:42 -0500 From: Dave Leimbach <dleimbac@MPI-Softtech.Com> To: joel2a@yahoo.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Yanking Sendmail need something easier to understand Message-ID: <20010615104442.A5617@mpi-plusplus.mpi-softtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20010615102730.02e5dd70@pop.mail.yahoo.com>; from joel2a@yahoo.com on Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:36:46AM -0400 References: <4.2.2.20010615075813.02e6e8f0@pop.mail.yahoo.com> <20010612073510.A1178@mutt.home.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20010615141447.03acde78@mail.Go2France.com> <4.2.2.20010615102730.02e5dd70@pop.mail.yahoo.com>
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There appears to be an OReilly book on both Postfix and Exim coming out this month. I may pick up the Postfix one while on vacation next week if its available... :) Dave On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 10:36:46AM -0400, joel2a@yahoo.com wrote: > Well ok, but that tells me there's something goofy going on with some of > the ports. > I installed a brand new fresh freebsd system and installed the Postfix port > from the Sysinstall program and it failed! > Then I downloaded the latest Postfix .tgz from the FreeBSD.org ftp site and > used pkg_add to it and it failed again! > > Maybe I'll try the compiling from source some other day! > > I did not see "tons" of doc on the postfix.org site. Sure there are some > but not as many as on the qmail.org site. > I am a newbie to freebsd and I think extensive documentation from many > sources is very important so that's why I will still choose qmail over postfix. > > > Joel > > > At 02:22 PM 6/15/01 +0200, you wrote: > > >>The Postfix port and package did not install correctly on my freebsd > > > >compiling from source has never failed for me, on FreeBSD or Linux. > > > >Use the latest "experimental" snapshot, they´ve always held up perfectly > >for me in very heavy production. > > > >>and it looks like there isn't really that much documentation for it from > >>the Postfix web site. > > > >There´s tons of doc on the web site, plus the man pages, and there is one > >Postfix book just out, with an O´Reilly book in the works, and a very > >helpful mailing list, including the developer´s participation daily. > > > >The single postfix config file, complemented by mostly excellent "sane" > >defaults, is easy for newbies. > > > >The contributed pflogsumm log summarizer is an excellent tool for anyone > >to stay on top of what´s happening with postfix. > > > >Len > > > > > >http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training > >http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : ISC BIND 8.2.4 for NT4 & W2K > >http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-abuse mail gateways > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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