On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, DaZZa wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Peter Samuel wrote:
>
> > > Relaying is the classic method of sending spam - and most sensible
> > > SysAdmin's have closed the relay hole in the sendmail/Qmail MTA's to stop
> > > it.
> >
> > There is no relay hole in qmail! You can allow open relaying if you
> > wish, and you can alow selective relaying as well, but the default
> > installation (if you build from source) is to be closed.
>
> Take your religious fervour and insert it blithly somewhere appropriate.
> I'm not interested in "my MTA is better than your MTA" wars.
>
> Any MTA which has ths possibility for relaying - be it deliberate, by
> default, or just because the SysAdmin is too dumb to be allowed to live
> and leaves it that way - has a hole.
>
> sendmail has the same options - none, selective or wide open. it has a
> hole. The notes MTA is worse - it's only got wide open or completely
> closed. And I believe the exchange MTA is the same - wide open or closed.
>
> Relaying is a curse invented by the RPC gods to give systems
> administrators headaches.
1) I am not a religious zealot. I recommend qmail, but my track record
on this list will show that my feelings towards other MTAs are
"if you're happy with it, then use it"
I am against people making incorrect statements which may mislead
those with insufficent experience into making a poor decision.
You'll also note that I did not mention sendmail in my post. I don't
know enough about sendmail to know if it ships with or without open
relaying turned on. Therefore you can't assume that I'm saying that
qmail is better then sendmail in this case.
2) Relaying is necessary! How else do you expect people to send mail
to smart mailers. If they couldn't use the smart mailer, they'd need
direct internet connectivity. This is not possible for many
computers - especially those behind firewalls which deny them direct
internet access.
3) Configuring an MTA correctly requires a certain level of
experience. It is not (IMO) something that should be left to novices.
4) You can't read tone into email (unless the author has gone to great
lengths to _emphasise_ the WORDS!).
5) Lighten up!
Regards
Peter
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