[Gllug] PSU fans, MTAs etc.

[Bruce Richardson]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 9/24/01, 1:29:51 PM, "Paul Brazier" <pbrazier at cosmos-uk.co.uk> wrote 
regarding [Gllug] PSU fans, MTAs etc.:

> I've heard the sendmail has fallen from favour but it still sets the
> "standard" for other MTAs to follow?

Not really.  They follow the smtp standard and can mostly be configured 
to use sendmail alias and virtusertable files (allowing them to be used 
as drop-in replacements for sendmail in many situations).

Sendmail has a whole address-rewriting language and complex series of 
mail-processing procedures which allow you to do some very intricate mail 
filtering/routing.  It also retains support for a whole set of legacy 
mail-delivery apps/protocols.  The complexity of the rewriting language 
is unnecessary in the majority of sites.  The legacy protocols are for 
the most part not supported by newer mtas as they were developed after 
smtp became king.

Most things that can be dome with sendmail can also be done with 
postfix/qmail/exim.  It's just a matter of creating the right combination 
of look-up tables and mail transports/pipes.

If you want a career as a sendmail admin, install sendmail.  Otherwise 
it's an overweight dinosaur.

-- 

Bruce

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