[Gllug] Linux directory conventions

[Sean Tohill]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 itsbruce at uklinux.net wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 11:45:52AM +0000, Jason Clifford wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Harry Mantheakis wrote:
> > 
> > > It looks like sendmail has to be added to my list...
> > 
> > Don't do it Harry - postfix is far better
> 
> To be specific, it's faster in most circumstances, has a more secure
> design and is much, much easier to configure.  Sendmail, on the other
> hand, is more much more flexible and configurable and supports a wider
> range of delivery mechanisms (though most of those are for legacy
> systems that almost nobody uses any more).
> 
> > You'll thank yourself later for choosing postfix over sendmail.
> 
> Undoubtedly.  There are limits to what you can do with Postfix because
> it is relatively inflexible but a) most people's needs don't push those
> limits and b) if you do need to go beyond what Postfix can do for you
> then Exim or Qmail are almost certainly better bets than Sendmail.
> 

try them all harry and do a talk comparing them at a gllug meeting next
year. that way any newbies will benefit from your experience.

sean

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