Re: Sendmail vs Exim vs Others

From: Adam Aube (aaube01_at_baker.edu)
Date: 01/30/04

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:00:49 -0500

    On Friday 30 January 2004 12:40 am, Steve Lamb wrote:
    > > qmail, by default, will not relay AT ALL, and I have found it very
    > > easy to install and setup.

    > o.O I've had to work with QMail and I have to say that it is one
    > big giant headache.

    I disagree, but we are each entitled to our opinions.

    > To get any decent security requires that you need to patch in at least
    > 6-7 different patches because the license forbids redistribution of
    > modified source.

    I've added patches for various purposes, but not for security. What
    security problems were you patching against?

    > Speaking of the source every single person I've ever heard look at it
    > thinks it is atrociously written and hates working on it. Fo some
    > reason I believe them because of the atrocious logging that it does as
    > well as the idiotic ideas which are ingrained into the system.

    What "idiotic" ideas? qmail is designed to be secure, fast, and simple -
    and it achieves those goals quite well.

    It does show its age, though - many features common to other MTAs are
    missing and need to be patched in. That's the only real complaint I have
    about it, and it's only a hassle at installation time.

    At the same time, qmail's flexibility (due to its modular design) has
    allowed me to do things I don't think I could do with other MTAs.

    > In short, QMail is the Windows of MTAs.

    No, I think Sendmail holds that title, and probably will for the
    forseeable future.

    Adam 

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