[postfix] postfix instead of sendmail (and happy new year)

[Michael]

> On January 3, 2004 06:29, Hervaen wrote:
>> I don't like sendmail and would like install postfix, I have tried
>> several times but I don't have any succes to put the directory
>> "postfix" in /usr/lib, so it's impossible to start postfix
>
> I don't know what you mean, but here is the official way:
> 1) Uninstall the sendmail RPM.
> 2) Install the postfix RPM.
>
> If you wish to keep sendmail along with postfix, do it this way:
> 1) Install sendmail and postfix RPMs.
> 2) Install the redhat-switch-mail RPM.
> 3) Run redhat-switch-mail-nox to change your MTA to postfix.
>
> --
> Simon Perreault <nomis80 at nomis80.org> -- http://nomis80.org

Here are some howto's;

http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/RH-postfix-HOWTO/book1.html

http://postfix.state-of-mind.de/patrick.koetter/smtpauth/

second one might be more than you need, but it's got a lot of good info in
there for you to compare with.

--
Michael