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Re: Why Sendmail ?



Also, sendmail doesn't accept incoming connections in the default
install.

> Sure, historically, sendmail hasn't been kind to the security industry,
> but I am sure it has been well-audited by this time. Also, I would
> imagine sendmail to be the most well-known MTA --- many people have
> fought with sendmail and won, and many more people have the sendmail
> book on their bookshelf.
> 
> Plus, there is the issue of this being a *BSD. I imagine historically
> all the BSDs come with sendmail, so in an attempt to keep this BSD from
> looking too different from the historical BSD, sendmail is
shipped.

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