>   seems like a catch 22, although imho, postfix should bend to meet the
>   new regime.  sendmail is working towards uncluttering /etc by
>   gathering its files together into one place, and we should all respect
>   that.  who likes an /etc directory with three screenfuls of files in
>   it?
>
>sendmail is working towards sysadmin frustration at having their
>hardwired places for files changs, it seems like it to me...

i was momentarily confused by it, but i'm okay now.

>i'd probably care more about this if i (a) used sendmail or (b)
>didn't already have postfix setup to use /etc/aliases anyway...

true...true...

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