Le Ven 17 octobre 2008 14:39, Les Mikesell a écrit : > > Lutz Lange wrote: >> >> >> i've just wondered why sendmail is still the default MTA in Fedora. >> Please enlighten me? > > It works. Sort of > It can be configured to do just about anything. Like others > Everyone who > has every worked with a unix-like system is used to it. No > Every program > written for unix-like systems is likely to expect it to be installed. They only expect the sendmail interface alternatives are also providing > Even though the original design and code weren't particularly secure, > the current version is probably one of the most audited pieces of code > and And upstream has such a confidence in the result they're rewriting it from scratch. > the milter capability lets you extend it with features that don't > share the full permissions of the main process yet can interact in > real time during delivery. Milter is supported by alternatives too Not that I particularly want to shoot ambulances, but those are not good arguments. -- Nicolas Mailhot -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
