MTA security

2001-04-06 Thread Dave Sherohman
>From a security standpoint, how does exim compare to sendmail? What about postfix? It appears that exim is Debian's default MTA, which is why I've run it before and it's what I'm most familiar with. Now I've inherited a network with several sendmail installations. I wouldn't consider arbitrari

Re: MTA security

2001-04-06 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 01:32:17PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > >From a security standpoint, how does exim compare to sendmail? What about > postfix? > > It appears that exim is Debian's default MTA, which is why I've run it > before and it's what I'm most familiar with. Now I've inherited a n

Re: MTA security

2001-04-06 Thread Nate Amsden
Dave Sherohman wrote: > > From a security standpoint, how does exim compare to sendmail? What about > postfix? > > It appears that exim is Debian's default MTA, which is why I've run it > before and it's what I'm most familiar with. Now I've inherited a network > with several sendmail installat

Re: MTA security

2001-04-07 Thread Raghavendra Bhat
Dave Sherohman posts: > I'd like to go with exim, but I'm not entirely convinced > that it would be a good choice for functionality and security. What is the exact reason for not being convinced about exim ? Go ahead but before that read Yann Golanski's papers on setting up exim for catering to o

Re: MTA security

2001-04-07 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 12:28:37PM +0530, Raghavendra Bhat wrote: > Dave Sherohman posts: > > I'd like to go with exim, but I'm not entirely convinced > > that it would be a good choice for functionality and security. > > What is the exact reason for not being convinced about exim ? Primarily lac