At 05:38 PM 4/26/2001 -0700, Todd Lyons wrote:
>Dan Swartzendruber wrote:
> >
> > At 04:37 PM 4/26/2001 -0700, John Wolford wrote:
> > > > > As I find qmail more secure and faster (and other things...) then
> > > sendmail or postfix,
> > > > wouldn't Mandrakesoft include it in their distributions?
> >
> > for my edification: why is qmail more secure than postfix?
>
>IMHO any version that has existed that for 5 years and has never had a
>root exploit is very secure. Postfix is good, but it doesn't have the
>longevity yet. In a couple years once it has not had any root exploits,
>then you can contest John's comments. Until then, look for root
>exploits in qmail :) to give you more leg to stand on.
whoa, trigger. i wasn't contesting anything. he made a blanket statement
about sendmail and postfix. we all know sendmail has been a major problem
over the years, but i had never heard anything about postfix. when someone
makes a sweeping statement like that, the burden is on them, not me.
