[Gllug] Sendmail + SuSE 7.3

[Roger Whittaker]

sendmail is not just our default mail handler, it's _the_ default mail
handler, which is why it installs by default with SuSE.  However postfix
and exim are drop-in replacements which are easier to deal with.
Internally at SuSE we use postfix, and our dedicated email server
`products' use postfix too.

On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Harvey Kelly wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 01:12:23PM +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 03:07:25AM +0000, Harvey wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 02:15:09PM +0000, Roger Whittaker wrote:
> > > > Try using postfix.
> > >
> > > Sorry, but are you being serious?
> >
> > What is it you think you are gaining from running Sendmail on a home
> > system?  What experience or secret knowledge of Postfix do you have that
> > would make you treat it as a joke?
> >
> > Exim is my mta of choice these days but I still use Postfix in places at
> > work, particularly on our front-facing mailhost as Postfix has both an
> > extremely secure design and a high throughput.
>
> I have no doubt - I know know next to nothing about
> Postfix/Sendmail/Exim.  I asked if he was being serious as, he being a
> representative of SuSE, I thought it was funny that his solution to
> encontering probelms with SuSE's default mail handler was to install
> another package.
>
> Problems with WindowMaker?  Use Blackbox instead!
>
> Harvey
>
> > There are advantages to using Sendmail:
> >
> > 1.  It is configurable to the extreme - but only if you have learned its
> > arcana: the m4 hacks don't let you do the full mail-architecture rewrite
> > you can do by editing the rules in sendmail.cf.
> >
> > 2.  It supports a range of legacy services (uucp etc) and pre-internet
> > routing/delivery settings that more recent rivals do not.
> >
> > 3.  It is the default mta on commercial Unices.  Skilled sendmail
> > administrators can earn serious money (see point 1).
> >
> > But how much of that is relevant to you?  Revisiting the points:
> >
> > 1.  a) Have you put in the serious time to learn Sendmail thoroughly and
> > b) do you need that level of complexity?
> >
> > 2.  How many pre-internet systems are you running?  Got a Fidonet
> > account?
> >
> > The advantages of running Postfix at home are that it is very simple to
> > set up and has a much more secure design (so any misconfiguration on
> > your part is much less likely to leave you exposed).
> >
> > Roger's suggestion may have been a bit cheeky but it wasn't a joke.
> >
> > > Thanks to those who replyed, but I cheated and put set
> > > hostname=clara.co.uk in my .muttrc.  Sorry ;)
> >
> > That won't stop your mail being rejected by some systems unless you have
> > at least set up envelope re-writing.
> >
> > --
> > Bruce
> >
> > Bitterly it mathinketh me, that I spent mine wholle lyf in the lists
> > against the ignorant.  -- Roger Bacon, "Doctor Mirabilis"
>
>
>
>

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Roger Whittaker
SuSE Linux Ltd
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