Christian Roessner:
> >> For the sake of curiosity and education, why is running chroot'd Postfix 
> >> complicated?
> > 
> > Late binding. Cyrus SASL may dynamically load plugins. Table drivers may
> > dynamically do hostname lookups, CA certificates may need to retrieved, ...
> > 
> > The more features you enable that use external libraries, or resources or
> > talk to external services, the more supporting files are needed in the
> > chroot jail...
> 
> But I also could say: The more features you enable, the more
> experienced you probably are.

Except for all those beginners that get into trouble because they
use someone elses cookbook instructions instead of their own
expertise.

        Wietse

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