If anyone wants to get down and dirty with Qmail I suggest joining the mail list. I have already spoken to Dave Sill (author of LWQ) on it several times today and it helped alot! - Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: Furmanek, Greg To: Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 1:51 PM Subject: RE: Qmail > Now I have the "Worm and Fuzzy feelings" on the subject. > I guess I give it a chance. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Victor Odhner [mailto:vodhner@primenet.com] > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 1:09 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: Qmail > > > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, The Wolf wrote: > > > > Ok it may be kick ar$ but how is the security in this mechanism?? > > > Dave Sill's "Living with Qmail" web page mentions this point, > which should help give you a warm feeling aboout security: > > qmail was written by Dan Bernstein (DJB), > http://pobox.com/~djb/djb.html, a math professor now at the > University of Illinois in Chicago. Dr. Bernstein is also well known > for his work in the field of cryptography ... > > Security is described as one of the main justifications for qmail. > > I asked the opinion of one administrator, who handles very > large-volume mail systems. He says sendmail is the industrial grade > choice. Despite past problems, it's become quite mature, and > current versions can be made pretty secure if you work hard enough > at it; but he says qmail is still great for moderate sized sites. > > Vic > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss