Re: [Exim] [MEDIA] Exim as reference MTA

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Author: Jonathan Vanasco
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To: Tony Finch
CC: exim-users, juha
Subject: Re: [Exim] [MEDIA] Exim as reference MTA
well, exim also doesn't have the vulnerabilities that give
security-conscious people a reason to toss and turn at night.
postfix, on the other hand, was designed with security first.

On Nov 4, 2003, at 2:42 PM, Tony Finch wrote:

> Juha Saarinen <juha@???> wrote:
>>
>> Out of curiosity, Jonathan, what do you base the above comparison on?
>> Especially the security aspect.
>
> Exim doesn't have internal security boundaries that give
> security-conscious
> people warm & fluffy feelings. However Exim's integration means you
> know
> pretty much exactly what you are going to do with a message before
> accepting
> it, which is good from the point of view of reducing the crap your
> server
> has to deal with.
>
> Tony.
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