On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 11:50:48 PDT, "John L. Fjellstad" writes: >On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 07:40:37AM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > >> which of course means that you should upgrade to at least 8.9.3-22 or >> -23[0], the latter is already in stable. > >My main problem wiht Sendmail is, given its history of problems, how >certain are you that this will be the last security problem? Especially, >now that there are other, and better, alternatives out there, postfix >is a drop-in replacement, from what I understand, why still use >Sendmail?
I´m quite sure that won´t be the last problem with sendmail. But I´m also sure that other software has its troubles too. Software has bugs, I know it, but as long as they´re fixed (big tnx to all the coders, maintainers and otherwise contributing people out there!) the choice comes down to which you trust most and/or know best. We use sendmail at work, so I´m halfway familiar with it. Why should I spend my time learning yet another software? I´m a user, neither a coder nor a tester, but a network engineer. I don´t really care which software it is, as long as it does its job and is compatible with my morale. I used exim for a few months and also installed smail once per accident. Exim I found too cryptic for my needs, smail was just a PITA to configure. So I stick with sendmail and spend my time on issues where I can be more productive, and, maybe some time in the future, I´ll be so good I´ll be able to contribute something to the community myself. But I´m quite sure it won´t be in the field of MTA´s ;-) cheers, &rw PS: Yes, I know this is quite long, but you asked for it *g* -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \ KPNQwest/AT tech staff | Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /
