Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > A user of another distro has remarked that I should uninstall sendmail. > <quote> Sendmail simply has too many security issues to leave it on any > machine. </quote> > > Surely a box kept up to date would not have those security issues. Am I > missing something? I can agree with the sentiment, but it is not a case of unpatched security holes. Sendmail is just too difficult to configure for it to be used on an average user's computer. It isn't a security hole just being there, the way it is configured by default (nowadays), but if the user wants to enable more, it is easy to accidentally make a spam remailer. -- Donald Arseneau asnd@xxxxxxxxx
