From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 11:36:13 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0236237B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:36:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parts-unknown.org (dsl093-170-248.sfo2.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.170.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 962AA43F93 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:36:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from benfell@parts-unknown.org) Received: (qmail 28229 invoked by uid 501); 25 Jul 2003 18:36:06 -0000 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:36:06 -0700 From: David Benfell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030725183606.GA28208@parts-unknown.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <01a201c352d5$c3a09aa0$3501a8c0@pro.sk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DocE+STaALJfprDB" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <01a201c352d5$c3a09aa0$3501a8c0@pro.sk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-stardate: [-29]0643.82 X-moon: The Moon is Waning Crescent (12% of Full) Subject: Re: What version of BSD should I use X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:36:13 -0000 --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:54:15 +0200, Peter Rosa wrote: > >> And what should I do with my new book=20 > >> (900 pages about configuring this mega program) ? > > > >900 pages about configuring which mega program? >=20 > Of course, it is about sendmail. >=20 To my knowledge, the only reason for using sendmail is that so many people have used it for so long. As others have noted, the configuration is horrible and it has a disastrous security history. My experience with sendmail is that every time I wind up using it, it soon starts misbehaving. I know some people who like postfix. I like qmail. I don't know anyone who actually chooses sendmail -- it's just part of the package they get when they install an operating system. And, obviously, there are people out there who have successfully used Sendmail for (seems like) decades. There are also, obviously, people who manage to avoid mucking up its configuration and breaking it. I happen not to fall into either of these categories. Given the security history and configuration difficulties, I don't know how anyone can argue that sendmail is a reliable and safe tool, except perhaps in the hands of a rather expensive expert. I also don't know anyone who considers it particularly efficient. So I don't know why anyone would choose sendmail. --=20 David Benfell, LCP benfell@parts-unknown.org --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/resume.html --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Darwin) iQEXAwUBPyF4lXw5zqzgtjVOFAK0BQP+P+khJnJhtchbJ5NnBgKAy5Wikg7sNDtz t1dFEQUA0AhEtNBR26ZAQAoSuaFoECO0zzRZ6BX2YD+Tw8P6GaQdWfdR5B4jZjop 7F7HPAbKN4MU8SNFGcpW44pcDR+5GCwIjezI31dYZwHk+tZDPC1lxQQ8iGKWzEe4 4awIgUnWJLkD/3OhNSmOEkquKg9H5M8Txu1W+i+E9LgIeBSM7XRsavEHktqZe3Uw WWTAIwABieJFFnsoOSyyaCKM+NUrsImPIjGimlQKpLkRAPcHBl5Xzz/GQ2RN9W7O 3mkhYW4zw5jVoaKE9VMOHT5JCCRceYjVD0xysxdJKN9F05D5fOvzWWnB =pTm5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DocE+STaALJfprDB--