On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Nelson Posse Lago wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm seriously considering changing to sendmail or perhaps qmail, or > whatever. One of the reasons is that I need virtual e-mail domains. Does > smail handle this? Is is reasonable to use it for this? How about qmail? > Are there plans to packaging it in .deb format? > > I'm really afraid of sendmail, not for the config files, but because > of the security leaks that appear every day; hopefully qmail/smail are > better or, at least, less popular among hackers.
>From what I know of mailers in general, qmail or smail is still susceptable to hacking. I don't know much in the way of sendmail hacking, vs other mailer hacking, so someone correct me if I am wrong. I think that its more of sendmail getting a bad aura due to its popularity in MOST platforms out there... Daniel ====== http:/www.jax-inter.net/users/servo Organizer of Jax-LUG! Email me for details! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]