On 3 Dec 1998 michael@??? wrote:
> In that case, running exim as root sounds like a good idea to me, because
> the mail is stored on servers that are only accessed by the input queue
> boxes and the POP3 proxies. Thanks for pointing that out.
If you run Exim as root, you are letting a root program talk to anybody
who cares to telnet to your port 25 - unless you have routers
controlling who can do that. Even so, I wouldn't be happy myself.
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