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| Newer page: | version 6 | Last edited on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:12:41 am | by TomHibbert | Revert |
| Older page: | version 5 | Last edited on Friday, March 14, 2003 2:36:02 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
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sendmail(8), [Postfix] and [Exim] are MTA's. Another one that is very popular with [ISP]s is [DanBernstein]'s [qmail], written with security in mind, for which there has been no exploit since at least March 1997.
See also [MDA] (Mail Delivery Agent), [MSA] (Mail Submission Agent), [MUA] (Maul User Agent), [MAA] (Mail Access Agent)
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+''It is generally a BadThing to fsck with a live MTA. If you want/need to migrate to a new MTA, it is a very good idea to test the new config on a SacrificialGoat before even TOUCHING
+the live MTA. Once you have the new config tested and working, migrate it to the live machine. But not before you have it working. Trust me, you WONT be sorry. -- TomHibbert''
