Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 03:21:54 +0000 From: "Pierre Y. Dampure" <pierre.dampure@k2c.co.uk> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail throughput (was: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required.) Message-ID: <368C3F52.D343F827@k2c.co.uk> References: <199901010122.RAA05674@apollo.backplane.com> <xlx4sqbhfp0.fsf@gold.cis.ohio-state.edu>
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My two cents (or "mes deux francs", or whatever... and I should most probably stay put about it): I currently contract for Barclays Capital (investment bank). Our "mother" company, Barclays Bank Plc, relies on sendmail for Internet mail traffic and uses FreeBSD as the external mail hub. All in-house Un*x boxen use sendmail as their MTA (HP, Sun). The Un*x support staff swears and breathes by the Bat Book. So does the staff in all other major City banks I know of. I have NO problems seing Postfix brought up as a port -- we already do so for other MTAs and the /etc/make.conf option makes it easy -- but, up until we have a RELEASED version (as opposed to a beta, even if it's better than most releases), I think we should not bring it into the contrib tree -- for risk of losing credibility. Don't get me wrong, most of us here in BC (and elsewhere I guess) are already looking at Postfix -- we are painfully aware of sendmail's deficiencies and would love to use a better tool. The point is: it will take some time for Postfix to get recognised / accepted, let's not jump the gun. Best Regards, PYD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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