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Re: Why did Debian bundle exim instead of postfix or sendmail as the Default MTA?



On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 11:02:03AM +0530, TAC Forums wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Does anyone know why Debian bundled EXIM instead of Postfix or
> Sendmail as the default MTA?

I don't know for sure but it could be because:
* Exim is easy to configure
* Postfix' license may be too restrictive for some
* Many people consider sendmail to be too complex to set up, and don't
  use it because of all of the security problems that it used to have.


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