From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 29 17:10:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB6D1065670 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:10:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dick@nagual.nl) Received: from nagual.nl (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.10.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43B578FC23 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:10:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dick@nagual.nl) Received: from westmark (westmark.nagual.nl [192.168.11.22]) by nagual.nl (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/yanta) with SMTP id mATHBqs9000255 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:11:53 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:10:29 +0100 From: dick hoogendijk To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20081129181029.bfc776ee.dick@nagual.nl> In-Reply-To: <20081129170434.GB27853@ourbrains.org> References: <26face530811221316y5be5bf40ra5c38f389f554ca1@mail.gmail.com> <20081124173650.GA933@ourbrains.org> <20081124193819.GF55491@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20081129160329.GA27853@ourbrains.org> <47D7B64C-E783-48C8-A33B-A48AB66DA2E5@boosten.org> <20081129170434.GB27853@ourbrains.org> Organization: de nagual X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.5.0 (GTK+ 2.14.3; i386-pc-solaris2.11) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 192.168.11.35 Subject: Re: Unix program that sends email directly using MX record X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:10:36 -0000 On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:04:34 -0500 Dan wrote: > Peter Boosten(peter@boosten.org)@2008.11.29 17:34:28 +0100: > > Yeah, in 1845 it was. Sendmail is as secure as any other mta. And > > using > > Simply not true. Sendmail has had TONS of remote vulnerabilities. Many > people have fallen victims to exploits and had their servers rooted. May be, but still, sendmail is -AS SECURE AS ANY OTHER MTA- now! When do stop looking back to bitch on sendmail? If you don't like it, don't use it. > qmail has never had a remote root vulnerability or a similar flaw > because it's designed with security in mind. Not only with security. Also with lack of possiblities. > Sendmail never was. But it is still the most used mta worldwide. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv103 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol)