On Wednesday, July 07, 2010 15:22:22 Scott Kitterman wrote: > On Wednesday, July 07, 2010 15:13:00 Phil Howard wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 15:00, Scott Kitterman <post...@kitterman.com> wrote: > > > On Wednesday, July 07, 2010 14:42:29 Phil Howard wrote: > > >> Ubuntu works reasonably OK with everything else I've used on it. > > >> Problem exist with Postfix on it. They've said to address it with > > >> Postfix. I personally think the specific problems are more of how > > >> Ubuntu handles Postfix poorly. One issue (which may be part of the > > >> problem) is the Postfix package in Ubuntu being an older one. > > > > > > No. It really doesn't. If you don't understand how to use your distro > > > package management system, you should seek help in a distro specific > > > venue. > > > > BTDT. They say it's not a distro specific issue. I don't know if I > > agree with them or not. But I am considering abandoning that distro. > > If Postfix people's experience was that the distro does not have such > > issues with Postfix, then it might be worthwhile pursuing that issue > > with them (the distro people) further. Quite possibly it is the > > person who makes the Postfix package not doing thing right with > > respect to either Postfix and/or Ubuntu. > > > > But I might also seek another distro. It has already been said here > > that I should run the latest version of Postfix. That would be > > compiling from source since the latest is not packaged in the distro. > > In general, that's not a problem. But it is to a certain degree a > > problem in some distros (and why this is, certainly is not a Postfix > > issue ... I have experienced the problem with other than Postfix). > > I'm just saying that so you know why I'm also looking away from Ubuntu > > (please do not assume I am asking you to fix those Ubuntu issues). > > > > How about simply, which distro various Postfix users are running? > > Who is "They" and what exactly is the issue? > > In addition to running a number of mail servers with Postfix on Ubuntu, I'm > also an Ubuntu developer and I can look into it. > > Scott K
My apologies. I intended that to be sent offlist. Scott K
