On Sep 28, 2006, at 7:52 AM, Allen wrote:
There is a built in user called mail and it wont allow that to be removed as a user, I think it was a while since I tried. That and root seem to be used by spammers once they find a Linux system. Its not a big deal as I plan to remove the Linux email system and go to win2k3 server but its annoying.
You do realize that the user 'mail' exists so that anything executed in the email system operates with extremely limited privileges, right? And that you can easily write a rule to reject email addressed to any user, including mail?
I do agree that you would be better off with a Win2k3 server, though. Security in Linux takes a little bit of understanding, but security in Windows is redundant!
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