From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 06:08:07 2004 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 C85CD16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:08:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60C7A43D49 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 06:08:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5550840827; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:07:31 +0100 (CET) From: Cordula's Web To: dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org In-reply-to: (dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE References: <404A8DE3.7040109@cmsrtp.com> <404A8DE3.7040109@cmsrtp.com> Message-Id: <20040308140731.5550840827@fw.farid-hajji.net> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:07:31 +0100 (CET) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommend MTA X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 14:08:07 -0000 > > * Are you concerned about security? > > sendmail is a big monolithic SUID-root programs, > > while postfix is a set of isolated processes/programs, > > so postfix _may_ be a better alternative. > > please don't post false/outdated information. > > Sendmail 8.12.* is SGID to a non-privilleged user only. > this was released in September 2001. > 8.12.2 was included in CURRENT in February 2002. > 8.12.2 was included in STABLE in March 2002. Oops, you were right: % ls -l /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail -r-xr-sr-x 1 root smmsp 587896 Mar 7 11:35 /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail Sorry. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/