Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 19:14:28 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Replacing sendmail (Re: non-root users binding to ports < 1024 (was: Re: BoS: Exploit for sendmail smtpd bug (ver. 8.7-8.8.2 Message-ID: <199611250114.TAA13794@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199611250047.SAA08340@bonkers.taronga.com> from "Peter da Silva" at Nov 24, 96 06:47:44 pm
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> [ cc line trimmed, no point in making people read this more than once ] > > > gated/routed switch is currently handled. One can simply install the > > qmail port (I assume there is one!) and then toggle a few bits. > > You don't need a port. I installed qmail on our firewall and it dropped > right in. The function of a port also includes the ability to automatically build and install a software package so that a new user does not need to do all the grunt work. You need a port. You want a port. > But... OK, fine, y'all are so used to sendmail you can't imagine using > anything else. Subject dropped. Sorry, Peter, I have to agree with the others: replacing a known and supported quantity (Sendmail) with an unknown quantity (Qmail) is most likely a bad idea. Making it a documented option, easy for someone to select and install, is certainly not unreasonable, but making it the default is not really acceptable. I don't see other OS vendors dropping Sendmail in favor of Qmail... ... JG
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