From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 20:06:24 2003 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 15DE737B401 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:06:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from barryg.mi.celestial.com (dagney.celestial.com [192.136.111.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B43943F3F for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:06:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: by barryg.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 1B3C0639A6; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:06:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:06:23 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030623200623.A6343@barryg.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030624025820.B483F71910@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030624025820.B483F71910@smtp.us2.messagingengine.com>; from martinryan@fastmail.fm on Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 12:58:20PM +1000 Subject: Re: Re-building sendmail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 03:06:24 -0000 On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 12:58:20PM +1000, Martin Ryan wrote: >> >What's the best way to rebuild sendmail with DB4? >> >> For an excellent fix for sendmail see: >> http://www.postfix.org/ >> >> Bill > >Bill, > >Have you ever had the experience where you ask a question related to some >aspect of FreeBSD and some clever individual advises the best fix is to >uninstall FreeBSD and install Linux? > >If so, what's your opinion of people who offer such "assistance" ? I've had those experiences, and still say that given the security problems and other issues with sendmail, I would strongly recommend replacing it with an MTA that's more secure, easier to configure, and more efficient. When I first connected our systems to the Internet over ten years ago, the CERT advisories on sendmail were about the size of a Manhattan phone book. Over the years, it has proven one of the most common sources of security holes on *ix systems, although BIND had recently been vying for the title. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.'' -James Madison, Federalist Paper #62