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From: "Aviram Carmi" <avi@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 6:30 PM
Subject: [Exim] Exim on Red Hat Linux?
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for a replacement for sendmail, and I found out about
> postfix and exim.
>
> From what I found out on the net so far, I like exim more than I like
> postfix, (nothing concrete, never used either, never actually
> configured sendmail, even though it is the MTA installed by default
> on my RHL, I am currently using a MacOS based MTA, EIMS)
>
> However, I found out that neither Red Hat nor Mandrake have
> "built-in" support for exim.
>
> I am a complete novice when it comes to Linux, and I rather not
> install program from "scratch", nor would I like to mess up with the
> default OS configuration.
>
> Any ideas why, for example, Red Hat provides postfix with their
> distribution, and even provide a mechanism (a little utility program)
> to switch between sendmail and postfix, but completely ignores exim?
>
> Mandrake, on the other hand, uses postfix as their default MTA.
>
> Is there anything "wrong" with exim?
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -avi
>
I was introduced to Exim by RedHat! Version 7.1 Professional came with an
Exim RPM on one of the "extra" CD's in the set. Unfortunately it was a 3.x
version, but it was still way better than Sendmail! I uninstalled Sendmail
first. After installing the RedHat 3.x (3.36?) RPM, which set up all the auto
start at boot, etc., it was a snap to recompile a 4.x version and simply
replace the executables. Works great!
Jim Roberts
Punster Productions, Inc.
