From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 31 08:23:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA16155 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:23:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA16125; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:23:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA32924; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:23:02 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA60127; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:22:57 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199812311622.SAA60127@greenpeace.grondar.za> To: "Steven P. Donegan" cc: The Hermit Hacker , "Daniel C. Sobral" , "Jonathan M. Bresler" , committers@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required. In-Reply-To: Your message of " Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:10:26 PST." References: Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:22:55 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Steven P. Donegan" wrote: > Not to flame at all - but what wonderful things does postfix bring that > would induce anyone to move away from sendmail? Move from something that > works in the millions of systems, is understood by vast numbers of sys > admins, etc? If postfix can do something sendmail can't what is it? And > an answer that it's easier to configure isn't really valid for us lifer > sendmail folks :-) 1) Vastly easier to configure :-). (Very valid for newbies). 2) A heck of a lot more efficient. Sendmail is designed to work; this is designed to work _fast_. 3) More secure. The author is security-paranoid. This is good. 4) So far (apart from myself) I have seen no rumblings at all about removing Sendmail. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message