>From: "Charlie Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > A few years ago a decision to replace sendmail probably made sense
> > but now, especially with the split between inbound and outbound
> > queues, none of the old reasons apply.
>
> The last security update to sendmail was how long ago? Hmmm, Oct 2002 -
> not very long, really.
Note that this patch was to smrsh, not sendmail and it stands as
an example that breaking functionality out into smaller programs
doesn't automatically make things more secure as some folks
would have you believe.
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Les Mikesell
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