One of the reasons I was interested in qmail was the security aspect of it.
I've been impressed that noone has won the reward that is available from Dan
Bernstein. This is probably the most negative comment I have seen about
qmail while surfing for info:
http://www.orbs.org/otherresources.html
"Qmail admins: Qmail's current version is secure by default, but earlier
versions were insecure. Most admins know enough to follow the instructions
for securing it before putting qmail into service, however it usually drops
ORBS test messages checking for UUCP pathing vulnerabilities - "! pathing" -
into the admin mailbox. As ! is a standard network addressing indicator,
this can only be charitably described as yet another Qmail bug. Qmail is
extremely network unfriendly and generates denial of service attacks on
other mailservers in its enthusiasm to deliver as many messages as possible
in a short period of time. For this reason it is best reserved for mailing
list server purposes only."
Do you all agree with this opinion that qmail is "best reserved for mailing
list server purposes only"?
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