Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:12:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sendmail or ??? Message-ID: <14738.47181.994257.457281@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <bulk.79852.20000809192043@hub.freebsd.org> References: <bulk.79852.20000809192043@hub.freebsd.org>
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> From: Alan Clegg <abc@bsdi.com> > Out of the ether, Rick Hamell spewed forth the following bitstream: > > Ok, another question. Are there any major differances between > > Sendmail and Qmail (or another mailer) that I should be aware of? I'm a > > bit concerned with security, but not sure I'm ready to tackle > > Sendmail. Qmail looks to be a little easier, but I'm not sure who it is > > security wise. Thanks for help! > I'd personally recommend qmail if you are limiting yourself to a choice > of one of those two. Yup. Sendmail is a large program with a lot of power - that most people simple don't need these days (does anyone out there still use bitnet or berknet email addresses?). It's got a long history of security problems. Qmail has had no security problems. While it's relative youth and small user base certainly have something to do with that, the author did offer a reward for security bugs at one point - which went unclaimed. I personally like the maildir format for mail storage as well, but that does restrict your choice of UMAs a bit. > If I were chosing today, I would look into postfix. Ditto. When I switched from sendmail to qmail, postfix wasn't quite ready for primetime. Otherwise, I would have given it a look. I'm happy enough with qmail that I haven't bothered to look again. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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