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Date:      Tue, 13 Feb 2001 01:29:49 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org>
Cc:        "Edward W. M." <edward_wm@hotmail.com>, dominic_marks@hotmail.com, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Secure Servers (SMTP, POP3, FTP)
Message-ID:  <3A88F07D.535984D2@softweyr.com>
References:  <LC4-LFD104zkps49rAG00000067@hotmail.com> <20010213093240.A40761@rapier.smartspace.co.za>

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Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:
> 
> On Mon 2001-02-12 (15:51), Edward W. M. wrote:
> > >Mail Options:
> > >1. Qmail - Secure, written for FreeBSD (Qwest?), Fast, Configurable
> >
> > I would advise against qmail, as I've had reliability issues with
> > it.
> 
> Like?
> 
> > ports/mail/courier-imap looks promising, but at this stage it's just
> > something for people who want to tinker with it, IMHO. It's fairly
> > new, so it has no proven security record and it currently supports
> > the Maildir format ONLY.
> 
> It also does POP3.

And IMAP-SSL, and POP3-SSL.  It's far beyond the tinkering stage,
though feeding it with qmail is a mistake in my opinion.  Ick.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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