[plug] postfix issue

[Craig Ringer]

Jon Miller wrote:
> What I'm asking is do I run "postfix start" or do I need to run "sendmail start"?  Seems strange since it's postfix that is installed.
> It is on a Debian 3.1

If you need to start/restart the MTA service, use the appropriate init 
script, eg

/etc/init.d/postfix

or

/etc/init.d/sendmail

If, on the other hand, you need to submit mail for delivery, use the 
`sendmail' command (irrespective of what MTA is in use - all of them 
provide a `sendmail' commmand for mail submission). This usually lives 
in /usr/sbin, /usr/lib, or /usr/bin .

These days it's often better to perform an SMTP delivery to localhost 
instead, if nothing else so you don't have to worry about finding the 
damn sendmail binary.

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Craig Ringer