[lug] mail server preference

[Ken MacFerrin]

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 06:13:34AM +0000, D. Stimits wrote:
>> If the system has installed sendmail initially, what breaks when 
>> removing sendmail, followed by installing postfix as a substitute? Since 
> 
> "yum install -y postfix; rpm -e sendmail"
> 
> Because of the alternatives system, it's not a problem at all.
>

Yup.. and most MTAs provide a replacement "sendmail" binary for
backwards compatibility as well.
-Ken