Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:21:07 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@Phoenix.Volant.ORG To: Ganizani Phiri <gani.phiri@wiss.co.mw> Cc: Chris Szilagyi <chris@mail.esphere.net>, Subscribers of Qpopper <qpopper@lists.pensive.org>, Randall Gellens <randy@qualcomm.com>, chris@esphere.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail Vs Exim Message-ID: <ML-3.4.965924467.5758.patl@asimov.phoenix.volant.org> In-Reply-To: <007a01c002f7$020a9700$6502a8c0@ben>
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On 10-Aug-00 at 02:47, Ganizani Phiri (gani.phiri@wiss.co.mw) wrote: > > Excuse me. I know this could be a wrong forum. But obviously not a wrong > people. Would somebody tell me the better software between exim-3.13 or > sendmail-8.10.* This is something of a religious issue, like the vi-vs-emacs debate. It depends heavily on your personal definition of 'better'. Sendmail has the advantage of a larger userbase and a longer history. Exim has the advantage of -MUCH- easier to understand configuration files. Sendmail is a frequent target for cracker attacks. The supporters of Sendmail claim that because of this, it is is now one one of the most secure MTAs available. Sendmail detractors remain unconvinced. I do not know of any exploit ever being found against Exim. Sendmail supporters would say that is because the crackers haven't bothered to target exim. Exim supporters say it is because exim is better written in the first place. I switched to exim several years ago when sendmail didn't support virtual domains at all. I've been extremely happy with the flexability and ease of configuration as compared to Sendmail. -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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