Michael Meskes wrote: > Could anyone tell me how smooth the update from sendmail to postfix is? Also > I wonder if postfix is still considered the best MTA in terms of security.
It depends on how customized your sendmail installation is. Postfix will read the old /etc/aliases without any trouble. If you've done a lot of tinkering with sendmail.cf it may take some time to get postfix configured exactly the same way. As far as security goes, Venema also wrote tcpwrappers, so he knows his security. As for whether it's the best security wise, I don't feel qualified to judge it. Certainly it is better than sendmail was, but I haven't used sendmail in years so I can't really compare it to the current sendmail. Postfix and qmail were both written with security as a goal from the beginning. qmail's license is a bit more hassle (last time I checked you aren't permitted to distribute binary packages without Bernstein's consent) and frankly I personally find postfix to be a lot easier to configure than qmail (you are in a maze of .qmail-* files, all alike). I've been extremely happy with postfix. jpb -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CREOL System Administrator Social graces are the packet headers of everyday life.
