Let me respond to this in a list of points.
1> Um, it does do Majordomo. Just set it up last week, as a matter of fact.
While it wasn't plug and play like sendmail, it didn't cause any headaches.
2> Robust isn't really an issue for most people. Sendmail is robust because
its been around since day one. It handles REALLY WIERD connections (like
UUCP and other outdated stuff) better. I'll give you that. But as a high
performance MTA, well, it shows its age.
3> Security? Of course it's not sendmail (or postfix's) job to handle system
security. It is their job not to be the weak link in your system. I think
you misunderstand what I mean by 'security'. I don't mean system security
per se; I mean vulnerability and the potential for your MTA to be a
unauthorized access point. MTA's accept mail (and any port 25 connection,
actually) from COMPLETELY UNTRUSTED sources. Postfix does 90% of its job as
an MTA without root privilages. Sendmail and all of its children processes
runs around as root all day long. Postfix is also very easy to set up in a
chroot jail, though I'll admit I've never tried to set up sendmail in one.
4>And lastly, I said it before, Postfix is hands down easier to configure.
No pansy linuxconf or obfuscated m4 needed.
Derek Stark
IT / Linux Admin
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Mark Weaver
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 10:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] (Dumb question time) to improve the yield from my
sendmail
To tell you the truth I much rather Sendmail over postfix. It's a much more
robust program, and Majordomo won't run with Postfix. Now about this
insecure
stuff. Where? As far as I know Sendmail is a mail program. It's job is to
send and receive mail not provide for system security. Thats a job better
suited for Portsentry and Ipchains.
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
