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Subject:Re: [maildropl] Maildrop script not filtering properly?Actions...
From:Thorsten Haude (list@thorstenhau.de)
Date:Nov 25, 2005 9:30:39 am
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-maildrop

Hi,

* rob@digitalphx.com wrote (2005-11-25 17:36):

However, qmail has an additonal problem is that it's ancient, unmaintained crud. Modern mail servers reject undeliverable mail. Qmail swallows the whole thing, figures out too late that it doesn't want it, then bounces it. The return address is forged, and the turd remains in the mail queue until it times out; or you end up getting blacklisted for generating backscatter.

Qmail's design is fundamentally flawed, and no longer meets the minimum security requirements expected from all Internet-connected mail servers.

Hmm. Well what mail server do you recommend? I originally used sendmail but after reading articles about qmail vs. sendmail and how sendmail was more secure, faster and easier to use I went with qmail. I guess a lots changed since I first installed it?

I'm not a professional mail admin, more of an amateur. I would use Postfix whenever possible. It has a modern design, is actively developed and has a better licence model. It's also easier to install and configure from what I hear, but I never used qmail myself.

Thorsten

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