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migrating a large mail system



Sure hope you like Postfix better. It's PITB when you don't get along
with your MTA. Best Wishes.

Dee 


On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 07:44, Cameron Moore wrote:
> * cas@taz.net.au (Craig Sanders) [2003.09.07 20:55]:
> > qmail is so different to sendmail, exim, postfix, and just about every other
> > unix MTA that migrating to it is a major PITA.  migrating away from it is at
> > least as bad.  qmail has some very nice features, and is much faster and far
> > more secure than sendmail but it's a technology trap as bad as any proprietary
> > MTA.
> 
> Just wanted to give anyone considering using qmail a chance to read what
> he said again because Craig nailed it.  I'm in the process of migrating
> a large mail system from qmail to postfix.  I can't tell you how much I
> hate qmail.  Like Craig said, it's like working with a
> proprietary/commercial product -- it controls what you do, not the other
> way around.
> -- 
> Cameron Moore
> [ Is it wrong that only one company makes a game called 'Monopoly'? ]



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