On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:40:21AM +1000, mdevin wrote: > Look, I know this is a flame bait question. I was interested in trying > Postfix because I thought it may be more customisable and easier to set > up. However, I had trouble getting it to work because it complained > that port 25 was already taken: > postfix/master[1011]: fatal: bind 127.0.0.1 port 25: Address already in > use > I think this was due to inetd binding this port for some reason. I had > upgraded from Exim and it was gone and there was no other smtp daemon > running. I didn't try telnetting into port 25 but I did comment out the > smtp part in inetd.conf and it still wouldn't run. I also checked with Nah - this often happens - I get it a lot with bind. It's just a matter of starting something else up that binds to a socket and that causes the newly released sockets to be actually released: a simple ping will often solve it. Or you could do a kill -HUP 1 and then an /etc/init.d/inet restart to make sure. > ps aux and there was no hint of exim. > > So my question is, should I bother with postfix? Is it easier to > customise, edit headers etc? Is it more robust? What are some of the > advantages that made some of you change to postfix? > It is not easier to customise: exim wins there. However, postfix is much much much more security conscious, and is generally a more robust program. I use it here with maildrop to pump my mail straight into folders which I then access via uw-imapd and mutt over imaps which is really fun! ...but a little silly ;-P Matthew -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND Using Debian/GNU Linux Enjoying computing
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