On 02/04/2011 10:42 AM, Steve Jenkins wrote:
Still, I am (well, WAS) disappointed that Postfix 2.3.3 is what installs on CentOS 5.5 by default. But Postfix 2.8 wasn't that hard to compile. :)
I always try to work with the package management system to keep things sane and manageable if possible. postfix-2.7 and 2.8 rpms and srpms are available for centos from several sources. It's pretty easy to replace the ancient postfix package with a fairly up to date one, and it's one of the first things I'd do after a centos or rhel install.
I see that rhel 6 comes with postfix-2.6.6 which is better, but still a bit conservative. Not all of the rhel/centos packages are out of date, but they do seem quite sluggish about making any MTA changes.
FWIW debian/ubuntu seem to be much more current on the versions of postfix they ship, but even then it's not a bad idea to install a more recent package than what they ship with.
Joe
