Re-building sendmail

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 12:58:20PM +1000, Martin Ryan wrote:
>> >What's the best way to rebuild sendmail with DB4?
>> 
>> For an excellent fix for sendmail see:
>> 	http://www.postfix.org/
>> 
>> Bill
>
>Bill,
>
>Have you ever had the experience where you ask a question related to some
>aspect of FreeBSD and some clever individual advises the best fix is to
>uninstall FreeBSD and install Linux?  
>
>If so, what's your opinion of people who offer such "assistance" ?

I've had those experiences, and still say that given the security problems
and other issues with sendmail, I would strongly recommend replacing it
with an MTA that's more secure, easier to configure, and more efficient.

When I first connected our systems to the Internet over ten years ago, the
CERT advisories on sendmail were about the size of a Manhattan phone book.
Over the years, it has proven one of the most common sources of security
holes on *ix systems, although BIND had recently been vying for the title.

Bill
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