* SuSEnixER (WideGlide@MyRealBox.com) [021205 13:41]: ->* Ben Rosenberg <ben@whack.org> [12-05-02 16:28]: ->> * jostein.berntsen@sensewave.com (jostein.berntsen@sensewave.com) [021205 13:14]: ->> -> ->> ->One advantage with Postfix on SuSE 8.1 is that you can configure it ->> ->with Yast2-Network-Mail Transfer Agent. Makes it more easy than ->> ->hacking on the Sendmail configuration file. ->> -> ->> ->To delete mails in the Postfix queue do: ->> ->postsuper -d ALL ->> ->> That's not really true. YaST2 checks what MTA you have installed and has ->> the ability to write config files for it...as long as it's SuSE ->> supplied. I don't think it does exim or qmail. ->> ->> And one should never hack a .cf file ..it should always be done by ->> editing simple .mc files then running the m4 macros. Editing .cf files ->> hasn't been needed in quite sometime. ->> ->> For me it's just a prefs thing. I use Sendmail at work and I know a ->> bunch of the sendmail developers personally...so it's easier for me. ->> I say choose what you like ...play with a couple different MTA's and ->> choose what suits you best. -> ->Postfix on SuSE does not appear to use .mc files, at least on vers 7.3 ->and 8.1??? I'm aware that postfix doesn't have mc files. The previous poster said using Postfix was easier because YaST2 could be used to configure it instead of hacking config files. The biggest bitch people have had with sendmail is generating .cf files...that's what I was talking about with the .mc file reference. :) -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I tell you what you should see.