Re: MTA pop3 Exim sendmail - HELP!!!!

From: Colin McKinnon (colin.thisisnotmysurname_at_ntlworld.deletemeunlessURaBot.com)
Date: 04/23/04

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    Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:47:55 +0100

    Richard M spilled the following:

    >
    > 1) Is there a simple MAT and pop3 combo out there
    >

    Not one I know of that works reliably.
     
    > 2) If I were to just use sendmail and pop3 is there really that bigger
    > security risk
    >

    Sendmail is not a security risk. It used to be - but its the grand-daddy of
    internet mail and still provides >50% of the email capacity on the
    internet. It can be tricky to configure and is probably overkill for a home
    machine.

    Not had any experience with Exim - I did do some black-box testing on Email
    server reliability a couple of years ago - Exim and qmail only just pipped
    Microsoft Exchange at the 'crap' end of the spectrum. At the other end were
    Sendmail and Groupwise. I couldn't get an accurate picture on Postfix -
    either it was just to secure to identify remotely or there aren't that many
    people out there using it - whatever, I have now inherited a postfix system
    and it it seems to work reliably and is relatively easy to cofigure to do
    simple stuff. I'd therefore recommend it.

    good luck,

    C.

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