Op wo 16-07-2003, om 11:39 schreef Marco d'Itri: > On Jul 15, "Noah L. Meyerhans" <noahm@debian.org> wrote: > > >Exim *does not run as root*. OK? It starts as root to bind to port 25. > >Period. It then drops root privilages and runs as uid mail. Deliveries > >are not done as root, but as mail. > Do you mean that home directories, .forward files and so on must be > world readable? This sucks... No, those are all done using the appropriate UID. Remote deliveries and deliveries to /var/mail are done using UID mail, though. > >Exim4. Why? Flexibility, performance, and ease of configuration. Look > Get real. I do not argue that exim is not flexible or performant, but it > is definitely not easy to configure. Its config file is like smail done > right, but it's still like smail FFS! 'easy' is a subjective criterion. What you find easy to configure may be a hell for me. -- Wouter Verhelst Debian GNU/Linux -- http://www.debian.org Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org "An expert can usually spot the difference between a fake charge and a full one, but there are plenty of dead experts." -- National Geographic Channel, in a documentary about large African beasts.
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