On Wed, 1 Nov 2000 jjohnson@penguincomputing.com wrote:
If this isn't a complete line of crap I don't know what is.
ftp.sendmail.org
ls -l pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.11.1.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 gshapiro sendmail 1315141 Sep 28 18:30 sendmail.8.11.1.tar.gz
That doesn't look to old to me. To be correct actually, sendmail has done a pretty good source code audit of sendmail. They've also added alot of features to help improve security. The reason most people switch to qmail is because they cannot figure out the sendmail configuration as its pretty confusing. Sendmail can be made "secure" easily. Sendmail has been around since the beginning of time yes, and it has had its share of major security problems, but I do feel that a properly configured sendmail box will outperform qmail. Not to mention that sendmail has alot of the features needed by big companies whereas qmail does not. I do not want to start a "sendmail vs. qmail" war here, I just hate seeing people spew crap out of their mouth about issues like this.
-miah
I agree that a lot of people switch to qmail or postfix because of supposed improved security. But when I ask them which features specifically, I either get a feature that sendmail has as well or no answer at all. I've been trying out postfix lately, and while I have to admit that the configuration is a little easier, I haven't seen any huge other advantages yet. I don't know qmail well enough to say anything specific about that, but I have used sendmail for a long time now, and it has served me well. Stefan