Re:NSA Exposes Tool Used by Russian Hackers
by dijit on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @05:53PM
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I don't have them reversed, EXIM is indeed far easier.
Postfix has a high learning curve; the master.cf vs main.cf and the "chaining" of email filters (milters) is a lot more of a hurdle than exims comparatively simple configuration.
The issue is mostly that postfix is installed by default more places, so it's the default, much like sendmail was. And that setting up an MTA is quite difficult anyway.
It's basically an accident of history. But both are fine in their own right, neither is inferior to the other, just trade offs.
Postfix has a high learning curve; the master.cf vs main.cf and the "chaining" of email filters (milters) is a lot more of a hurdle than exims comparatively simple configuration.
The issue is mostly that postfix is installed by default more places, so it's the default, much like sendmail was. And that setting up an MTA is quite difficult anyway.
It's basically an accident of history. But both are fine in their own right, neither is inferior to the other, just trade offs.