Re: why is sendmail the adopted mta?

[Michel Talon <talon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Emiel Kollof wrote:

> 
> Sendmail has a lot of eyeballs looking at it. 

A clear proof that auditing doesn't solve security problems.


> For all intents and purposes, sendmail works fine. One could do a lot
> worse. And the security track-record of sendmail the last few years has
> been very good.

No.

> 
> Please put an end to this ever-recurring bikeshed.

There are good reasons why these bikesheds are ever recurring,
and experience shows that, finally, these controversial softs
get expelled. Perl has been sacked from FreeBSD-5, Bind8 has been replaced,
DragonflyBSD comes with a new installer, etc. 


-- 
Michel Talon