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Date:      Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:13:17 +0100
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
To:        Alin-Adrian Anton <aanton@reversedhell.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: replacing sendmail with qmail 
Message-ID:  <200306261913.h5QJDIig001490@grimreaper.grondar.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:47:28 %2B0300." <3EF94580.90001@reversedhell.net> 

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Alin-Adrian Anton writes:
> Hi guys,
> 
> As sendmail showed to be so vulnerable in the past, and even in the 
> recent past, I was wondering to propose removing it from the default 
> install on freebsd. Currently, sendmail comes with the system sources, 
> and runs as root. I think this is bad, and it could be replaced with 
> qmail, for example. Or, something else, if you think something else is 
> more secure. Please let me know if this is possible, or why if not, and 
> to whom shall I address this idea (I wonder why it didn't happen yet).

Please look for this topic in the archives. It has been discussed
VERY many times.

M
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Mark Murray
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