From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 31 09:19:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21963 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 09:19:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA21955 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 09:19:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sthaug@nethelp.no) From: sthaug@nethelp.no Received: (qmail 16412 invoked by uid 1001); 31 Dec 1998 17:19:30 +0000 (GMT) To: donegan@quick.net Cc: mark@grondar.za, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Postfix is coming. new uid, gid required. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Dec 1998 08:41:33 -0800 (PST)" References: X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:19:30 +0100 Message-ID: <16410.915124770@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 3) More secure. The author is security-paranoid. This is good. > > I appreciate that - however, the vast amount of sendmail literate folks > tend to make security fixes to bugs real-time, how many postfix internals > literate folks are there besides the author? Personally, I think it's painfully obvious that the vast amount of sendmail admins in the world are *not* sendmail literate, and also not security conscious. They have simply used the default mailer that came with their Unix systems. Improvements in the ease of configuration *and* security, which Postfix appears to offer, can only be a good thing. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message