Re: MTA security
Dave Sherohman wrote:
>
> From a security standpoint, how does exim compare to sendmail? What about
> postfix?
>
> It appears that exim is Debian's default MTA, which is why I've run it
> before and it's what I'm most familiar with. Now I've inherited a network
> with several sendmail installations. I wouldn't consider arbitrarily
> changing MTAs just for the sake of changing them, but I'm going to be
> moving the servers onto new hardware, which brings up the question of
> whether to reinstall sendmail on the new boxes or put in something else.
> I'd like to go with exim, but I'm not entirely convinced that it would
> be a good choice for functionality and security.
im doign just the opposite, replacinga buncha qmail servers with sendmail :)
better spam control, and more supported, and of course im famillar with it,
integrates well with cyrus and antivirus scanning.
nate
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