why is sendmail the adopted mta?

[Weaver]

Michel Talon wrote:

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 configure things which are done in a couple of minutes with postfix,
 and presumably exim.
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Exim, and preferably Exim4, is ridiculously easy to configure.
With packages like eximon, there's no room for security exploits even in 
the vulnerable  single end-user system arena.
It really doesn't hurt to start looking at these things now, considering 
future plans.
Regards,

Weaver.