tlug: Re: A myriad of mailers

[Howard Abbey <habbey@example.com>]

Rex Walters wrote:
>... well administered sites already know to
> use resource limiting throttles like tcpserver or xinetd to prevent
> obvious DOS attacks.   Sendmail is a *much* bigger risk, imho.

So, on a site not well administered (my personal one, which will
have a full time net connection in the fall for the first time),
which is the safer option in people's opinion.  Sendmail configured
by a distributor with current updates, or qmail (distributor configured,
if that's available), or postfix, or whatever.

-- 
Howard
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