On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 19:25, Ralph Seichter wrote: > Yorkshire Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I strongly suggest sticking with the MTA you know, for improved > > reliability and safety, at least until you're familiar with the > > other pieces in the puzzle. > > I admit you got a point here. However, if the ominous "IT guy" > mentioned by Stephen Bannasch is worth his salt, he might postpone > decisions about the new mail server's software configuration until > he found the time to compare Sendmail and Postfix. > > I became a Sendmail-to-Postfix convert by personal experience, and > you know there's no greater believer than a convert. :-) Seriously, > I had only the best intentions.
I know your intentions are good, I'm sorry if my tone was a little blunt there. I'm not even trying to be anti-postfix, I'm just trying to make it easier for Mr Bannasch's IT guy to get a decent spam filter between the world and his users. As the IT guy may already be showing a bias against what I would consider to be a good solution, he really doesnt need another percieved problem at this point in time. I put the users first, as I always try to do, and that means stopping the spam and virii. More spam is going to be stopped by implementing under sendmail now than by spending a day or two playing with postfix deciding if its worth replacing sendmail. Changing MTA only adds to the complexity of the whole operation and increases the margin for error, even if it possibly benefits the IT guy in the long run. It means nothing to the users, most of whom would never notice. Let him set it up on sendmail, get the users protected, then consider the benefits of moving to postfix. That is pretty much exactly what I'm doing, except that spamassassin here has replaced a large unmanageable heap of procmail rules and an over-aggressive dnsbl policy, and health issues are getting in the way of me learning anything at the moment so any change of MTA is on hold. Anyway, changing something like the MTA is a decision quite similar to joining a gymnasium. No pain no gain, everyone would like the gain but most of us manage to keep it on our 'get around to it one day' list due to our perception of the pain :) -- Yorkshire Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
