Re: How to replace sendmail with postfix?

From: John Rushford (jrushford21_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/28/05 

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:21:46 -0600

Greetings,

I'm interested in finding out what advantages postfix might offer over
sendmail. Currently I am using sendmail with authentication, procmail
filter for SpamAssassin and imap maildirs (for courier-imap), stunnel
for sendmail/SSL, and courier-imap for client connections. All is
working ok and I have no problems with the current setup. Just
interested to know if postfix offers something more that would compel me
to switch to it?

thanks
J. Rushford.

Keve Nagy wrote:
> Good Afternoon Everyone,
>
> I plan to replace sendmail on my home server with postfix.
> I looked around a bit on how to do it, and even found a nice thread here
> with the subject "How no to start sendmail" which obviously evolved way
> over that topic. Still, I am not confident on the way to go.
>
> *FACTS* :
> - I plan to do a buildworld anyway, so doing that with NO_SENDMAIL
> shouldn't be a problem. I am happy to do that if that is required.
> - I am not one of the maniacs who really wants to remove every single
> bit of sendmail. I do want to remove it, but the only idea behind that
> is because if it is not in use and not required then why should it be
> there. (takes space, may lead to confusion, etc)
> - Postfix should cover everything that sendmail used to do (even more).
> System messages like those from periodic, mails between local users,
> e-mails between hosts whithin the private network, e-mails outgoing to
> the internet (and later when I set up an MX record, even e-mails
> incoming from the internet).
> - Just for reference, I plan to add an IMAP server (possibly courier),
> some sort of SPAM and VIRUS filtering, fetching some remote POP accounts
> via fetchmail, and some sort of webmail (maybe squirrel) later.
>
> So, for any of these, do I need to keep any part of sendmail?
> Well, I don't even know for sure that sendmail can be removed entirely.
>
> What would be the recommended way to go about this replacement?
> Is there a howto on this?
>
> I am not intended to start another crusade here, like the one that
> emerged from the other post I mentioned earlier. I am merely trying to
> collect suggestions, recommended ways, methods from the community on
> what would be the best way to replace sendmail with postfix.
>
> Regards,
> Keve

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