Sendmail still default?
Nicolas Mailhot
nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net
Fri Oct 17 12:49:31 UTC 2008
Le Ven 17 octobre 2008 14:39, Les Mikesell a écrit :
>
> Lutz Lange wrote:
>>
>>
>> i've just wondered why sendmail is still the default MTA in Fedora.
>> Please enlighten me?
>
> It works.
Sort of
> It can be configured to do just about anything.
Like others
> Everyone who
> has every worked with a unix-like system is used to it.
No
> Every program
> written for unix-like systems is likely to expect it to be installed.
They only expect the sendmail interface alternatives are also providing
> Even though the original design and code weren't particularly secure,
> the current version is probably one of the most audited pieces of code
> and
And upstream has such a confidence in the result they're rewriting it
from scratch.
> the milter capability lets you extend it with features that don't
> share the full permissions of the main process yet can interact in
> real time during delivery.
Milter is supported by alternatives too
Not that I particularly want to shoot ambulances, but those are not
good arguments.
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Nicolas Mailhot
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