[SOLVED] Slackware default MTA?

arfon · 12-06-2022, 02:47 PM

Is Postfix now the preferred MTA or is it still Sendmail for vanilla Slackware installs?

Pithium · 12-06-2022, 02:56 PM

Ultimately it's entirely up to you, but in 15.0 it looks like postfix is installed by default. sendmail has been moved to extra/. Both are available, but if by 'default' you mean whatever is present after a normal full installation, then postfix.

semiprime · 12-07-2022, 05:53 AM

From the changelog, 2017 (so relatively early in the Slackware 15.0 development marathon):

Code:

Fri Nov 17 00:56:25 UTC 2017
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n/dovecot-2.2.33.2-i586-1.txz: Added.
  This will be the new IMAP/POP3 server in the next Slackware release.
  Thanks to Alan Hicks, Mario Preksavec, and /dev/rob0 for assistance.
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n/postfix-3.2.4-i586-1.txz: Added.
  This will be the default MTA in the next Slackware release. Thanks to
  Alan Hicks, Mario Preksavec, and /dev/rob0 for assistance.
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n/sendmail-8.15.2-i586-2.txz:  Removed.
  Moved to /extra.
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extra/sendmail/sendmail-8.15.2-i586-2.txz: Added.
  Moved here from the N series. This is still a solid choice for an MTA, and
  probably the most flexible (although it can be difficult to configure - it
  has been said that the M4 macro language resembles line noise).
  Thanks to Eric Allman and everyone at Sendmail for all the years of work.

Source: https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackw.../ChangeLog.txt