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Subject: Re: replacing sendmail with qmail 
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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.

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