Sendmail

TL_CLD · 09-15-2006, 01:56 PM

I'm used to Postfix. I've never tinkered with Sendmail, so I don't really feel comfortable running it.

Is Postfix a viable solution for Slackware?

Is there a special reason why it's not among the "official" packages?

Should I compile Postfix from source, or can the packages from linuxpackages.net be trusted?

Regards,
Thomas

Tinkster · 09-15-2006, 02:32 PM

I'd suggest compiling from source, so you don't have to satisfy others
idea of what packages postfix depends on. As to WHY Pat sticks with
sendmail - only Pat can answer that. But I do appreciate that he doesn't
feel like setting up two candidates, specially since it wouldn't be long
before someone asked for exim and another one for qmail.

Cheers,
Tink

TL_CLD · 09-15-2006, 02:41 PM

Source it is then!

I can always crawl back to the ease of a package, if my hand isn't steady enough for the act of compiling Postfix.

And you're probably right about the WHY, though I really wouldn't mind if Pat had opted for Postfix instead. hehe

Thomas

Tinkster · 09-15-2006, 05:31 PM

Same here, mate, I find sendmail a night-mare.... but I still like Slack
as a whole best ;}

Cheers,
Tink

whizzit · 09-15-2006, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TL_CLD

Is there a special reason why it's not among the "official" packages?

I would guess it's because Postfix has an IBM Open Source license and therefore not GPL.

gani · 09-18-2006, 05:21 AM

Postfix compiles and runs great in Slack.

My mail is running the latest postfix with supports from SA (spamassassin), clamav, amavisd-new, courier-imap, courier-authlib, maildrop, cyrus-sasl, openssl's latest and mysql 5.0.x all compiled from source.

gani · 09-18-2006, 05:25 AM

Except SA which is from CPAN and I don't want to forget mentioning - Postgrey.

mdarby · 09-18-2006, 06:05 AM

Postfix runs like a champ on Slackware. I created a blog post about adding spam / virus filtering that is super simple: http://matt-darby.com/?p=30