Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:10:29 +0100 From: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unix program that sends email directly using MX record 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>
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On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:04:34 -0500 Dan <dan-freebsd-questions@ourbrains.org> 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)
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