Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:15:26 +0300 From: Anand Buddhdev <arb@anand.org> To: Scott Benjamin <SBenjamin@quest.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail VS Qmail Message-ID: <19990617151526.C3177@africaonline.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <1D7D0A00F0E8D111A26600104B873E4C01783FA2@exchange.quests.com>; from Scott Benjamin on Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 09:35:50AM -0700 References: <1D7D0A00F0E8D111A26600104B873E4C01783FA2@exchange.quests.com>
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On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 09:35:50AM -0700, Scott Benjamin wrote: > I'm running a box and I'm concerned with the security of that machine. I've > heard some remarks that Sendmail is not very secure and that Qmail is. Can > anyone validate this rumor? > Is Qmail that good of an alternative? qmail is definitely more secure than sendmail - in fact very secure. There was a $1500 prize for anyone who could find a bug or security hole in it, but it was never claimed, because nobody could find any such problem. In recent months, sendmail has ironed out many security problems, but I would still not trust it. Some people find qmail difficult to work with, because they claim it is too different. Others complain about the fact that we must add new users to the system to use it. In my opinion, those are just silly excuses not to use qmail. Best thing is: try it for yourself, and see what you think. I use it on my personal workstation, and my ISPs mail server. It is small, fast, secure and easy to work with. -- Anand To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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