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> EXIM is much easier to configure than postfix. Postfix is faster than EXIM. You might have the two reversed? I don't have hands-on experience with Exim, but

• lstodd 6y ago
  Before Debian made exim default and made an ungodly mess of macros and unintelligible crap out of their config, it was pretty simple to configure. In fact, as an old hand (been dealing with exim configs since 2001), the very first thing I did and still do is delete the default debian hell and copy-paste a simple two-screen config which then needs only 3-4 lines tweaked.
• dijit 6y ago
  I don't have them reversed, EXIM is indeed far easier. Postfix has a high learning curve; the master.cf vs main.cf and the "chaining" of email filters (milters) is a lot more of a hurdle than exims comparatively simple configuration. The issue is mostly that postfix is installed by default more places, so it's the default, much like sendmail was. And that setting up an MTA is quite difficult anyway. It's basically an accident of history. But both are fine in their own right, neither is inferior to the other, just trade offs.