[Gllug] Name server software?

[neil c]

Mike Brodbelt wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 17:13 +0000, Matthew King wrote:
>
>>>> I ask because after a short time struggling with Sendmail, I now 
>>>> find
>>>> Postfix to be vastly VASTLY superior.
>>>
>>> I suspect that to be a sign of your lack of understanding of how to
>>> configure sendmail :-)
>>
>> Unlike the 99% of the population who also fail to understand something
>> even more evil-looking than perl?
>>
>> (Yes, I know it uses an M4 wrapper now or some such)
>
> 99% of the population will only ever need to touch the M4 file, which 
> is
> quite readable, and makes configuration relatively straightforward. 
> Many
> people who moan about sendmail have never actually run it.
>
s'funny - I sat a well known Linux Certification and had to get a mail 
server up and running  (ssl, aliases, etc.) quick smart. When  it came 
to the crunch all I could think about was Sendmail. Maybe the M4 Macro 
File is coded in some discrete synapse aware syntax ;-) Or maybe 
Postfix appeared too easy and therefore a cunning trap :-)

neil

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