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		ekiara on Jan 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Run Your Own Mail Server (2017) Could you expand on this? What security vulnerabilities does Exim4 have that you'd avoid just by choosing Postfix as an alternative?

nerpderp83 on Jan 30, 2018 [–]

Postfix has a very clear separation of concerns and least privledge in the use of lots of helper daemons. Exim4 doesn't not have this architecture and is less secure because of it.

http://www.postfix.org/OVERVIEW.html

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