Hi Patricko,
> Now it is time for sendmail replacement / alternative.
>
> postfix? anyone?
Postfix is essentially a drop in Sendmail replacement. So it can use the same
config files and provides the same binaries which external applications might
use.
BUT: Switching the MTA or providing a 2nd one as alternative for no particular
gain certainly wouldn't help to move BlueQuartz ahead further.
To the contrary: Support wise alone this increases the overhead a lot. Not
only for the BlueQuartz maintainers and list regulars, but also for third
parties that provide extra software and/or support for BlueQuartz.
There are quite a few people who have extended their MTA with provisions to
detect and fight SPAM and virii. What they have is working fine now, but if
you "steal" their current MTA and replace it with something entirely
different, they have to start from scratch again to get back the same degree
of virii and SPAM protection they had before.
Don't get me wrong: I have nothing against Postfix. I use it on most of my
non- Cobalt and non-BlueQuartz servers. I even have a Debian box sitting in
my network that runs Exim, which is also not a bad MTA by itself.
As is I think there are a lot more important features that need to be added to
BlueQuartz than to worry about the MTA. Sendmail is fine.
--
With best regards,
Michael Stauber