[sllug-members]: Fetchmail localhost error

rog circle at utahweb.com
Thu Mar 22 00:28:12 MST 2007


How does one test the amount of risk one has?    I use Puppy Linux.   I 
configured Its already installed Seamonkey mail handler for my personal 
mail.  (Which sounds a lot easier than all the things others use for 
email.)   I installed the most simple of the firewalls available.   This 
is a home use computer. 

Remo Mattei wrote:
> well shawn this is your point of view. I can install qmail, av, imap, pop in 1 
> hour ...which is fast.oh well it's his choice not mine...
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Remo
>
> Shawn Willden wrote:
> > On Thursday 22 March 2007 09:32, Remo Mattei wrote:
> >   
> >> or qmail...which is very very secure.
> >>     
> >
> > But a pain to install and configure.  In this case the MTA security isn't 
> > important, since all it's going to do is local delivery.  Use whatever's easy 
> > (I'd suggest Postfix or Exim) and then firewall off port 25 so that nothing 
> > outside the machine can connect to it.
> >
> > 	Shawn.
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