On Friday 14 Feb 2003 9:58 pm, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:45:43PM +0000, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Thursday 13 Feb 2003 10:30 pm, T E wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > As you see, I am looking for a decent HOWTO for the > > > Sendmail included with Mandrake 8.2. If possible, > > > both a "quick setup" HOWTO and a detailed version > > > would be greatly appreciated as I'm trying to get this > > > going ASAP but would like to know more later... > > > > > > Thanks in advance!! > > > > Although Sendmail is included in 9.0 , Postfix is Mandrakes's preferred > > Mail server. (It is a drop in replacement for Sendmail) So unless you > > have a preference for Sendmail you might find Postfix convenient to > > install. > > How "drop-in" is it? Does it use the same configuration files? > If it does, I imagine it can't be much of an improvement! > > -- hendrik
No it does not. The configuration files are considerably easier. They are well documented with examples. By "Drop In" I mean when you call /usr/bin/sendmail you execute Postfix. derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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