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Subject: Re: To sendmail or to postfix that is the question?
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"Matthias Andree" <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:
> > > sendmail's configuration was never a black art unless you needed
> > > features beyond what the m4 macro set supported.
> > The m4 macro set is a fairly recent development.
> If "more than a decade" is a "fairly recent development",

Well, yes, actually.  I remember having to edit sendmail.cf even for
trivial stuff like setting the sender domain and the outgoing smtp
relay, what, fifteen years ago?  Definitely less than fifteen.  I still
have the first edition of the bat book; it's almost as thick as my
single-volume paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings, and has larger
pages.

More importantly, if you raise your eyes a few centimeters, you'll
notice the word "never" which I think we can all agree is patently
untrue.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no