Jason Haar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> BTW: Courier is more than a MTA (unlike Postfix, Sendmail and Qmail) - it
> includes authentication modules, POP, IMAP, listserver and Web components
> too. So chances are, there are more problems with Courier than those others
> (sorry Sam ;-). That's just a probability issue of course - no proof so far
> (touch wood ;-)

OTOH, comparing Courier with all this with qmail, Postfix or Sendmail
without them is not an apples-to-apples comparison.  Unless your email
system needs are COMPLETELY met by what comes as standard with those
other programs, you'll probably be installing a bunch of patches and
add-ons -- which may be just as complex, and just as untested, as
Courier.

That's my issue with the security reputation of qmail -- sure, it's
secure in the exactly-as-djb-intended installation -- but there are so
many things that that installation does not support!  So before you
know it you've applied a dozen patches and a number of add-on programs
... and you've lost that guarantee.  Plus, djb's rather unique code is
not what most programmers are used to, so the odds of someone making a
mistake in writing a patch ...

-Matt


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