Qmail

Joel Dudley joel@silverw.com
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 13:52:57 -0700


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 <Greg.Furmanek@hit.cendant.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
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 <xanadu@speedchoice.com> 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
>
>
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