Am 08.11.2013 10:42, schrieb DTNX Postmaster: > $ cat /usr/share/doc/postfix/README.Debian > There are some significant differences between the Debian Postfix packages, > and the source from upstream: > > 1. The Debian install is chrooted by default. > 2. Dynamically loadable map support. > 3. For policy reasons: > a. SASL configuration goes in /etc/postfix/sasl > b. myhostname=/path/to/file is supported (and used) in main.cf > 4. IPV6 support is enabled: postfix listens on ipv6/ipv4 by default, > (see: inet_protocols) > 5. TLS/SASL support is enabled. > 6. rmail comes from sendmail, not from postfix. > 7. The upstream main.cf is delivered as /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist, > rather than cluttering /etc/postfix/main.cf with comments. > > As annoying as Debian can be at times with the choices they make, I > would suggest that it's ultimately the responsibility of the deploying > administrator to be aware of any caveats, especially when they are > listed in the documentation, or relatively easy to find with a web > search
there are only rare situations where a chrooted postfix makes sense and so they should not making a problematic default which gains nothing on 999 out of 1000 setups