From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 23 13:25:34 2007 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99A4B16A420 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:25:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabe@dragffy.com) Received: from dedi10.ukhost4u.com (dedi10.ukhost4u.com [85.13.239.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5275213C45A for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:25:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabe@dragffy.com) Received: from [88.105.44.36] (helo=[192.168.1.66]) by dedi10.ukhost4u.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from <gabe@dragffy.com>) id 1IZRSf-0006Mm-SU for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:25:26 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <20070923122252.3cf54afa@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> References: <6CBE22B2-206F-4695-889F-5630E6B9399C@dragffy.com> <20070922144606.F24250@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <46F5139A.4080803@sbcglobal.net> <20070922175111.I26317@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <499c70c0709220930p4455889bs42345eebd9b1d563@mail.gmail.com> <20070923122252.3cf54afa@epia-2.farid-hajji.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <8FB640EC-86A4-439D-BFF2-A5E497796CE9@dragffy.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Gabriel Dragffy <gabe@dragffy.com> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 14:25:17 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dedi10.ukhost4u.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dragffy.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Why is sendmail in the core of FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:25:34 -0000 On 23 Sep 2007, at 11:22, cpghost wrote: > On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:30:59 +0300 > "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 9/22/07, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: >>>>> i personally use only sendmail. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yep... if it works, don't 'fix' it. >>>> >>> same with any other things :) >> >> I would prefer to have postfix vs sendmail since it built with >> security in mind > > Ditto here. I've switched to postfix after a talk by > Wietse Venema at the SANE 1998: > http://www.sane.nl/events/sane98/daily/19/venema.html > (postfix was still named VMailer back then) > and never looked back since. I was lucky doing so, because > soon after, there had been a flurry of sendmail exploits, > while postfix kept chugging along undisturbed. But more > importantly, its behaviour under stress and huge traffic > bursts is excellent. I have a russian friend, he's a sysadmin, works exclusively with FreeBSD. He reckon Postfix is also great under pressure. Since sendmail is in the core of FreeBSD, does that mean it will quickly get security updates when exploits are found?