Alternatives to Sendmail

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

There will be some clashes. I would probably advise Postfix since it has 
better documentation.
You could probably make a few minor changes to the startup scripts to 
eliminate any conflicts. Sendmail essentially uses sendmail.cf and postfix 
uses its own configuration files. The only common file is /etc/aliases.
David Kramer wrote:
> I'm setting up a new server, and thinking of replacing sendmail.  The two
> alternatives seem to be qmail and postfix.  Unfortunately, I couldn't make
> the last meeting about postfix.
> 
> So I have two questions:  Can anyone list reasons why I should use one
> over the other?  They both seem more seucre and faster than sendmail.
> 
> The other question is, can I install either of these apps without breaking
> sendmail?  If I stop sendmail and start up one of these apps then think
> better of it, can I just stop that app and start sendmail again?  Or will
> there be file clashes, etc.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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