Steve Lamb wrote: > TAC Forums wrote: >> Does anyone know why Debian bundled EXIM instead of Postfix or >> Sendmail as the default MTA? > > Because, IIRC, at the time Sendmail wasn't considered secure (security > audit still in process) & postfix too new. Exim was a stable, well-known and > tested MTA. > > However the best answer is that you check the archives. The choice was > made close to a decade ago so very few people reading D-U currently will have > participated in the discussion and fewer still are likely to remember it. >
I guess much hasn't changed in a decade with regard to MTAs. -- Scott www.angrykeyboarder.com © 2005 angrykeyboarder & Elmer Fudd. All Wights Wesewved