It is compatible meaning that it interacts with sendmail very well. However, the configs files are written in English not Klingon like sendmails config files are. I started using postfix over 3 years ago, and when I started I went from being able to install a mail server (sendmail) to a mail server expert in 10 minutes, just because postfix mail files are so easy to understand. Now I'm not a real expert (I don't think) but I think you get my drift.
Greg
-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Tom Horsley Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:19 PM To: fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Running own mail server
On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 03:07:05 +1100 Steffen Kluge kluge@dotnet.org wrote:
Switch to postfix right now
I've seen this advice many times, and I find it easy to believe that postfix is better, having run screaming from sendmail config files in the past, but when I recently went to read up a bit on postfix, the very first thing I read on the home page is:
Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users.
If it is sendmail compatible, doesn't that mean it has the same config file that can be used to frighten little children?
I'd be far more attracted to postfix if the homepage said it was in no way remotely similar to sendmail :-).