> I can't help but notice that
> 
>   http://www.postfix.org/POSTSCREEN_README.html#config
> 
> suggests to disable the chroot on all new services, and notably
> smtpd. Also, all socket paths (e.g. milter) have to be updated.
> 
> Is this necessary? postscreen seems to work fine with all these
> services chrooted?

Turning on chroot requires additional setup.  With proper setup
(details depend on system type and version!) it works fine, otherwise
it is not usable, and suffers from issues such as logging that stops
working, SMTP clients that fail to run, and so on.

        wietse

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