Re: Postfix as default MTA?
Just to add another bit of useless information to this thread... (I quite
frankly don't understand why this discussion is taking place, but then
again, I've been following it with interest -- it's one thing to like and
fight for _your_ favourite MTA, and it's another to choose Debian's default
MTA)
On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 09:30:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> morpheus@rpglink.com (Steve Lamb) wrote on 28.06.99 in <[🔎] E10ygjL-0003PY-00@rpglink.com>:
>
> > Exim's configuration is quite simple. The docs just suck.
>
> Exim docs are among the best I have ever seen, thank you very much. The
> info version is just about the only info doc on my systems I actually
> like, and the only big one I can easily find stuff in.
Motivated by this thread, I took a shot at postfix on a machine that
basically does no important mail handling. I installed postfix, and began
reading docs... they are delightful! But beware, I hate Exim's. I can't
pinpoint the essential difference, but I think postfix's are more clear,
easier to follow and easier to understand in general.
After that, I began modifying the configuration to match that of the local
mail exchanger, and it was easy! (I must note the MX ran sendmail) After
half an hour or so, I had reproduced the MX's configuration to the very last
feature, including address rewriting, and mail queuing for other systems.
In fact, it was easier to configure postfix than sendmail for these tasks,
and I think sendmail's configuration isn't as hard as many people say.
Needless to say, knowing that postfix's license is going to be changed, I
switched the MTA at the MX, and nobody noticed. Mails are delivered much
faster now, the load on the box is lower, and I can provide some extra
features that I know are possible under sendmail but hadn't had the time to
configure properly.
Do I think postfix can be made the default MTA? No. For starters, its
postinst needs to match exim's (and smail's). It's really nice to provide
users with a simple and fast way to configure the MTA even if the MTA is
easy to configure. And I guess it needs to stabilize a bit (not that it's
unstable, but as I understand it, it's under heavy development)
My 0.02 colones,
Marcelo
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