Re: [Bastille-linux-discuss] should sendmail be replaced

[Jay B. <ja...@ba...>]

Yup, I'm thinking we should include Postfix installation (and, subsequently,
Sendmail deactivation) as an option Real Soon Now.

Does anyone want to research a Really Good postfix setup?

  - Jay


In the wise words of Yoann Vandoorselaere:

> Jay Beale <ja...@ba...> writes:
> 
> > In the wise words of Steve Friedman:
> > 
> > > Q:  should sendmail be replaced with a different MTA, and if so, which
> > > one.  I've seen both qmail and exim touted as having better security than
> > 
> > I think PostFix shows the best promise.  It looks like it had an amazingly
> > sane design, but still gets the job done.  I worry mostly because most
> > people don't want to have any MTA but Sendmail...
> > 
> > At this point, it seems Sendmail is pretty safe, though.  It's been through,
> > IIRC, some serious auditting...  Any other thoughts? Kurt?
> 
> Sendmail had a rude past...
> 
> On a security point of view, the best mailler seem to be Postfix...
> On a speed point of vieew, if you would like to send more than 3 mail
> seconds, use postfix ( sendmail is slowwwwwwwww ).
> 
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