Was reading the long list of things being deprecated in the RHEL 8
release notes t'other day, and saw my old friend sendmail on the list.
I've stuck by her because I've learned how she likes to be stroked to
get the best out of her, and quail at the thought of taking on a new
MTA and having to learn it all all over again.
But I guess I'm going to have to, soon or late, probably sooner than
later. :(
Can anyone point me to resources specifically for helping us ignorant
folk in converting all the arcan-ity in sendmail.mc into something
equivalent for Postfix?
Thanks in advancce!
Fred
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On 20/09/2019 9:04 am, Fred Smith wrote:> Was reading the long list of things being deprecated in the RHEL 8 > release notes t'other day, and saw my old friend sendmail on the list. > > I've stuck by her because I've learned how she likes to be stroked to > get the best out of her, and quail at the thought of taking on a new > MTA and having to learn it all all over again. > > But I guess I'm going to have to, soon or late, probably sooner than > later. :( > > Can anyone point me to resources specifically for helping us ignorant > folk in converting all the arcan-ity in sendmail.mc into something > equivalent for Postfix? > > Thanks in advancce! > > FredHi Fred I've been through the same process when I switched to SL7, its not too hard. I used the O'Reilly book on Postfix as my guide, although your signature says a whole lot more ;-) ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 ------------------------------- -- Cheers Bill
When I migrated our mx boxes from CentOS 5 to 7 I made the leap to postfix.
I built a test server with postfix etc on it and threw everything I could think
of at it before going live.
The key is, like in learning a new language, to start thinking in postfix terms
instead of thinking in sendmail terms.
It takes a while to 'get it' but I'm glad we made the link.
We search, read as many people's howtos as you can (caveat - they are rarely
100% accurate), and test, test, test before going into production.
Cheers,
Phil
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Was reading the long list of things being deprecated in the RHEL 8 release notes
t'other day, and saw my old friend sendmail on the list.
I've stuck by her because I've learned how she likes to be stroked to
get the best out of her, and quail at the thought of taking on a new MTA and
having to learn it all all over again.
But I guess I'm going to have to, soon or late, probably sooner than later.
:(
Can anyone point me to resources specifically for helping us ignorant folk in
converting all the arcan-ity in sendmail.mc into something equivalent for
Postfix?
Thanks in advancce!
Fred
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who strengthens me.
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Am 2019-09-20 12:06, schrieb Randal, Phil:> When I migrated our mx boxes from CentOS 5 to 7 I made the leap to > postfix. > > I built a test server with postfix etc on it and threw everything I > could think of at it before going live. > > The key is, like in learning a new language, to start thinking in > postfix terms instead of thinking in sendmail terms.Exactly, I was about to answer the same. Postfix has a lot of features build-in Sendmail hasn't. It is feature rich and actively developed. Many things you would need a milter or complex cf style coding for with Sendmail you can configure in Postfix in a simple way.> It takes a while to 'get it' but I'm glad we made the link. > > We search, read as many people's howtos as you can (caveat - they are > rarely 100% accurate), and test, test, test before going into > production.Please, forget about so call howtos or tutorials on the net. They are either dated, giving wrong ideas (no, you don't need a MySQL server to run Postfix), failing to explain why the author has done things the way he writes them up, or they are simply wrong / violating best practice. Postfix has a very good documentation (compared to the one shipping with Sendmail). http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html> Cheers, > > PhilAlexander
Does that mean it's gone from the CentOS repos or just that PostFix is the default choice? On 9/19/19 6:04 PM, Fred Smith wrote:> Was reading the long list of things being deprecated in the RHEL 8 > release notes t'other day, and saw my old friend sendmail on the list. > > I've stuck by her because I've learned how she likes to be stroked to > get the best out of her, and quail at the thought of taking on a new > MTA and having to learn it all all over again. > > But I guess I'm going to have to, soon or late, probably sooner than > later. :( > > Can anyone point me to resources specifically for helping us ignorant > folk in converting all the arcan-ity in sendmail.mc into something > equivalent for Postfix? > > Thanks in advancce! > > Fred >
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 12:45:03PM -0500, SternData wrote:> Does that mean it's gone from the CentOS repos or just that PostFix is > the default choice?I believe it means that it won't be in Centos anymore. I also believe the Postifx is already the default choice, Sendmail isn't in the default installation.> > On 9/19/19 6:04 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > Was reading the long list of things being deprecated in the RHEL 8 > > release notes t'other day, and saw my old friend sendmail on the list. > > > > I've stuck by her because I've learned how she likes to be stroked to > > get the best out of her, and quail at the thought of taking on a new > > MTA and having to learn it all all over again. > > > > But I guess I'm going to have to, soon or late, probably sooner than > > later. :( > > > > Can anyone point me to resources specifically for helping us ignorant > > folk in converting all the arcan-ity in sendmail.mc into something > > equivalent for Postfix? > > > > Thanks in advancce! > > > > Fred > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------