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From: Scott Kitterman on 7 Jul 2010 15:25
On Wednesday, July 07, 2010 15:22:22 Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 07, 2010 15:13:00 Phil Howard wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 15:00, Scott Kitterman <postfix(a)kitterman.com>
wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, July 07, 2010 14:42:29 Phil Howard wrote:
> > >> Ubuntu works reasonably OK with everything else I've used on it.
> > >> Problem exist with Postfix on it. They've said to address it with
> > >> Postfix. I personally think the specific problems are more of how
> > >> Ubuntu handles Postfix poorly. One issue (which may be part of the
> > >> problem) is the Postfix package in Ubuntu being an older one.
> > >
> > > No. It really doesn't. If you don't understand how to use your distro
> > > package management system, you should seek help in a distro specific
> > > venue.
> >
> > BTDT. They say it's not a distro specific issue. I don't know if I
> > agree with them or not. But I am considering abandoning that distro.
> > If Postfix people's experience was that the distro does not have such
> > issues with Postfix, then it might be worthwhile pursuing that issue
> > with them (the distro people) further. Quite possibly it is the
> > person who makes the Postfix package not doing thing right with
> > respect to either Postfix and/or Ubuntu.
> >
> > But I might also seek another distro. It has already been said here
> > that I should run the latest version of Postfix. That would be
> > compiling from source since the latest is not packaged in the distro.
> > In general, that's not a problem. But it is to a certain degree a
> > problem in some distros (and why this is, certainly is not a Postfix
> > issue ... I have experienced the problem with other than Postfix).
> > I'm just saying that so you know why I'm also looking away from Ubuntu
> > (please do not assume I am asking you to fix those Ubuntu issues).
> >
> > How about simply, which distro various Postfix users are running?
>
> Who is "They" and what exactly is the issue?
>
> In addition to running a number of mail servers with Postfix on Ubuntu, I'm
> also an Ubuntu developer and I can look into it.
>
> Scott K

My apologies. I intended that to be sent offlist.

Scott K

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