Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 14:52:30 +0100 From: Stuart Henderson <stuart@eclipse.net.uk> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: anders@wax.nu, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: postfix vs sendmail (or qmail) Message-ID: <37CBDE1E.68B9E8FC@eclipse.net.uk> References: <19990827232515.65B0C15569@hub.freebsd.org>
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> > Anyone of another opinion here? What (if anything) can sendmail do that > > postfix can't? etrn on Postfix _currently_ retries the whole queue, not just the domain in question. That is on the list of things to be done for the future (I think it is tied in with the DSN code which is not yet done either - so that may also be a reason you might want to keep sendmail around somewhere). > sendmail can rewrite headers and envelopes in ways that > postfix can not at this time. There's quite a lot that can be done using Postfix's regexp maps, which can replace some of the more straightforward custom sendmail rules in a simple way. > sendmail allows you to define additional mailers that can > literally do anything to the mail. as can postfix: transport(5), /etc/postfix/master.cf > they are different tools. both are very useful. pick the > tool that best matches your needs. that may be both! you might use > sendmail to process the mail and perform extensive rewriting before > sendmail gives it to postfix for final delivery. Agreed - both have their place. Currently, I'm using sendmail for store- and-forward SMTP for dialup connections, and Postfix as the main outgoing relay. I've still got sendmail doing local delivery at the moment but that probably won't be for long, as Postfix's equivalent of the virtusertable has some subtle but useful differences. Stuart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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