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Postfix: A Secure and Easy-to-Use MTA

BSD Forums writes "On March 3rd, 2003, Internet Security Systems, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, issued a warning regarding a hole found in Sendmail. The warning, echoed by CERT, warned system admins that any version lower than 8.12.8 was vulnerable to a serious root exploit. Sendmail has a long history of security holes, most of which have been thoroughly documented on security sites. While Sendmail runs half the mail servers in the world, there are smaller and easier-to-use mail transfer agents (MTAs). Network administrator Glenn Graham demonstrates how Postfix gives you most of the power with a fraction of the pain."

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  1. not only qmail but courier mail as well. by xeeno · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There ARE others out there you know.

  2. Re:Milters? by aled · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Then postfix hasn't "milters" :-)

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