Thus spake Andrew Buenaventura ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Thank you very much for your very polite reply. I have been a Windows user
> for the past 6 years and an Exchange admin for 3 years. The reason why I am
> planning to migrate to linux is because it is free, very stable, and most
> importantly, lists/communities (i.e. gurus like you) like this exists to
> help newbies like me.
> Since you are very knowledgeable with MTAs/Qmail, please feel free to block
> all postings coming from me so as not to make your bad day even worse with
> my very basic qustions.
You miss the point, Andrew.
People like you install Linux and qmail all over the world.
They insert the CD and follow the newbie instructions in the manual and
leave a ton of security holes wide open.
Then, hackers break into their machines and the poor admins don't even
know what hit them and claim Linux is insecure. Or, even better, they
remember the only software they installed was qmail, so they say that
qmail is insecure.
And in many cases, those hacked Linux boxes are used as relay for
distributed denial of service attacks.
Thus, you are not only a threat to your own data and users, you are a
threat to the whole Internet. Unless you let someone do the
installation for you who knows what he is doing.
If you want to install qmail (or any other MTA) on a server with an
operating system you are not familiar with, then spend a few months
becoming familiar with it. This is not like a vacuum that you plug in
and it works. This is more like a Boeing 747 where some helpful
salesguy has hidden all those confusing pilot knobs behind a friendly
wizard to increase sales.
Felix
