Re: [PLUG] Exim oops (vs Postfix?)

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

What I'd like to know is why anyone would ever use anything other than 
Postfix?

OK, I know Exim is the Debian default that they never changed due to 
inertia and stability (https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/DefaultMTA), but I 
consider that a major bug.

Yet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exim
...
In August 2019 a study performed by E-Soft, Inc.,[3] approximately 57% 
of the publicly reachable mail-servers on the Internet ran Exim.
...
Exim’s security has had a number of serious security problems diagnosed 
over the years.[8] Since the redesigned version 4 was released there 
have been four remote code execution flaws and one conceptual flaw 
concerning how much trust it is appropriate to place in the run-time 
user; the latter was fixed in a security lockdown in revision 4.73, one 
of the very rare occasions when Exim has broken backwards compatibility 
with working configurations.
...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix_(software)
...
One of Postfix' many daemons serving exactly one purpose. This split-up 
into many smaller pieces of software is considered one of the reasons 
why Postfix is secure and stable.
...


But then, I ask why people use Git too, so...  :-)
JP
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