Re: [Clamav-users] sendmail devel?

[Jeff Ramsey]

If you already have sendmail configured and working, why switch? I 
agree that sendmail has had it's share of security holes, but in that 
respect, it's like the Windows of MTAs: It was so widely used, it was 
picked apart. I believe this made it stronger. I don't believe there is 
any more security in another MTA, and if you take the time to learn it, 
you'll enjoy it's flexibility.

And while we're digging up old hatchets that have been buried long ago, 
I use vi over emacs.

Jeff
On Mar 5, 2004, at 12:32 PM, Antony Stone wrote:
On Friday 05 March 2004 8:22 pm, redragon wrote:

This could end up being a long drawn out battle.
That is not what I intended to start when I posted my question, and I 
hope it
doesn't happen.

I personally prefer
sendmail to any other MTA and have no security issues with it.  Like 
any
other piece of software you install it must be maintained.
Agreed.   I personally like sendmail, but that's partly simply because 
I know
it better than other MTAs.

I simply wanted to know if people were aware of any recent assessments
comparing the security of sendmail vs. other MTAs, showing that 
sendmail
still has problems.   The opinion expressed by Jim, that sendmail is 
less
secure than postfix or qmail, suggested to me that he might have 
something to
support it, and I would be very interested to see that.

Regards,

Antony.

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in such a way as to be understood by everyone
something that no-one ever knew before.
In poetry, it is the exact opposite.

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