> On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 17:54 +0500, azeem ahmad wrote: > > hi list > > on FC4 box which mail server is recomended regarding ease of configuration > > and security > > Man, this is just begging for a holy war, isn't it? > > The answer is, "go with the one you are most comfortable with." > > So you need to figure out a couple of things. Which one has the > documentation you find easiest to deal with? Which one has the user > community you feel most comfortable with? Which one is more intuitive > to use? > > For me, I started with Sendmail about a decade ago, so I am most > comfortable with it. It just makes sense to me, and I find Postfix a > royal PITA. However, people who started off with Postfix think I'm a > loon. > > Both work really well, and both are very full-featured. Pick one and go > for it. > > Thomas Hear, hear, Thomas. I started with Sendmail 20+ years ago on several *NIXes for users communities of 3000+, 50, 5 and now just me. When I got my first job as a UNIX sysadmin my priorities were (1) keep the network up and (2) keep the e-mail flowing. That meant learning sendmail. I went through the bad old days of the monthly (or more frequent) security updates which resulted in the alternatives such as Postfix. It has been a while since a big deal sendmail problem. I started hacking .cf files cause that was the only configuration method there was. I do recognize that at first blush sendmail config is complicated. My current configuration is more complicated than it needs to be, but it is what I have implemented in the past, and I still operate as if my job depends on it, even though I am retired. I also remember the "religious wars" -- VMS/UNIX, and EMACS/VI/PICO and even GNU EMACS/Unipress EMACS/Gosling EMACS. There WERE others, so my advice would be to take this discussion off the list. Now, as is Thomas, I am comfortable with sendmail, my chosen MTA. Each mail administrator has to make his or her own choice based on the requirements of the e-mail service to be implemented, not based on what works for Thomas, me or anybody else, and then get comfortable with it. Cheers, dlg
