Re: I want separate MUA/MTA/MDA
On Monday 11 August 2003 13:22, Mark Ferlatte wrote:
> Derrick 'dman' Hudson said on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:58:52PM -0400:
> > I heard (about a year ago) that RedHat now ships postfix instead of
> > sendmail. I haven't checked it out for myself, though.
>
> It's an option, but I don't know if it's the default.
>
> > | ( Never learned the syntax of sendmail configuration files myself... )
> >
> > Me neither.
>
> It's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be anymore. The
> sendmail.mc is pretty straightforward to use, and you don't really have to
> know anything about sendmail.cf anymore.
>
> I still prefer postfix, but not for the ease of configuration.
>
> I would say that if you want to be a Unix admin, you'd better know
> sendmail, if only so that you can make a coherent argument for replacing it
> with something that you like better.
Thanks for all the help. Based on the advice given, I am reading the
material available linked by the procmail, postfix, exim, etc. websites. I
will take a closer look at sendmail as well. I want to understand email at
all levels and from all povs. I would like to eventually understand the
nuances of the various tools as well.
My first practical, baby-step concern is if I will be able to maintain my
working KMail configuration while I try out combinations of uni-purpose mail
tools.
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Mike Mueller
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