Re: OT: Is postfix "easier" than exim4? (was: Re: Which MTA for from-based smarthost selection, local delivery and queuing?)
On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 07:10:17AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: To people who have familiarity with both postfix and exim4, is postfix really easier (in a variety of senses) than exim4? LIke to install, setup, and use? IMO, yes. It's also easier to find solutions to problems online, especially as compared with the debian-specific exim config syntax. For a simple configuration of a satellite system they're basically the same and will work out of the box. And in the end they can both do the same things, perhaps in different ways. My gut feeling/experience is that more sites choose postfix as an edge MTA than choose exim4, with the exim4 counts being skewed by some large hosting providers and the fact that they're the debian/ubuntu default. A lot of places that actually pay attention to their MTA configuration turn off identifying banners so it's hard to say with any real confidence. For most users this is all irrelevant anyway.
Re: OT: Is postfix "easier" than exim4? (was: Re: Which MTA for from-based smarthost selection, local delivery and queuing?)
On 8/9/22 7:10 pm, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: To people who have familiarity with both postfix and exim4, is postfix really easier (in a variety of senses) than exim4? LIke to install, setup, and use? I tried to set up postix back near the beginning of my Linux odyssey, maybe sometime between 2000 and 2004 and eventually gave up and just went with an MUA (kmail). I can't say Postfix is 'better' or 'easier' than any other mail server (sendmail excepted), but I can say that I rely on it to do what is expected and I'm now confident enough to run it in high risk applications. For me, there are only a few packages that get into that grade - bind9 and Kamailio/OpenSIPS are two. Perhaps openSSH as well? With all packages it pays to read the official documentation many times and also work out what are reliable non-official sources. There is an awful lot of crud out there, either bad to start with, or out of date. -- Jeremy OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
OT: Is postfix "easier" than exim4? (was: Re: Which MTA for from-based smarthost selection, local delivery and queuing?)
On Thursday, September 08, 2022 01:06:07 AM Jeremy Ardley wrote: > On 8/9/22 12:29 pm, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 10:31:37PM +0200, Sébastien Hinderer wrote: > >> Currently I am using exim4 as mail transport agent (MTA). ... > >> solution, although I find exim4 really big and difficult to apprehend. > It's incredibly easy using postfix sender_dependent_relayhost_maps To people who have familiarity with both postfix and exim4, is postfix really easier (in a variety of senses) than exim4? LIke to install, setup, and use? I tried to set up postix back near the beginning of my Linux odyssey, maybe sometime between 2000 and 2004 and eventually gave up and just went with an MUA (kmail). -- rhk If you reply: snip, snip, and snip again; leave attributions; avoid HTML; avoid top posting; and keep it "on list". (Oxford comma included at no charge.) If you change topics, change the Subject: line. Writing is often meant for others to read and understand (legal agreements excepted?) -- make it easier for your reader by various means, including liberal use of whitespace and minimal use of (obscure?) jargon, abbreviations, acronyms, and references. If someone else has already responded to a question, decide whether any response you add will be helpful or not ... A picture is worth a thousand words -- divide by 10 for each minute of video (or audio) or create a transcript and edit it to 10% of the original.
