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

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