From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 1 21:59:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 366A51065693 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 21:59:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy3-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy3-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.54.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F1C538FC0C for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2011 21:59:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 9442 invoked by uid 0); 1 Feb 2011 21:59:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 1 Feb 2011 21:59:30 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=iA1RVg4+4ZUdEKqhymjowoCPCniy3UXhLjEp8Ud7QEwuMDuuxJHwTGJOCagkmgWkbSxUAwlgpo+8RZilSqcf/y/Snxvw0apaLmiuUQjZNrZG/yb2iUMb+YOMUYPi4STA; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PkOG1-0005vg-Hr for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:59:30 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:49:44 -0700 Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 14:49:44 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110201214944.GA233@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD References: <4D48197A.8000108@gmail.com> <20110201102301.2ae55810@scorpio> <201102011326580606.004CE418@sentry.24cl.com> <861v3rzgcs.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <4D4870A8.3060706@ifdnrg.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D4870A8.3060706@ifdnrg.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: qmail or postfix? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:59:32 -0000 --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 08:44:24PM +0000, Paul Macdonald wrote: > On 01/02/2011 19:48, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > > >No, seriously... I was using sendmail before discovering postfix, and > >pretty darn good at m4. Or is that m4()dnl()? :) > > > >But I've never found postfix without a knob to do something I want it to > >do, and most of the knobs are set properly right out of the box. (And > >reasonably named too!) > > > so for us folks still using sendmail (which works fine for me) >=20 > what benefits do we get with postfix that'd outweigh the hassles of=20 > changing? Probably nothing, if you're asking about changing a current MTA deployment when you're satisfied with what you have. If you are looking for an alternative to replace what you have because of frustrations with your current setup, or if you are considering new deployments and whether it is worthwhile to learn something new, that is another story altogether. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1If/gACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXc8QCeOyAcQSqDbuwx0UnKIFGHFTwX ZWgAn3TdxgnCNmtMPTFqRiWtkvwBXKrw =SV/x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W/nzBZO5zC0uMSeA--