Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 13:23:10 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com> Cc: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se>, FBSDQ <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Periodic mails Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0206251316380.27038-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGMEMGCDAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com>
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On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Joe & Fhe Barbish wrote:
> The connection attempt message you see in your /var/log/messages is
> generated by the log-in-vain rc.conf option because you do not have
> software listening on port 25 the pop3 server front door.
> Do you have qpopper installed?
Eh? Port 25 is for SMTP, not POP.
> Do nslookup 192.168.0.5 to see what that ip address is.
The address given is a nonrouable local address; potentially the
address attached to an internal NIC.
> In 4.6 the sendmail program was updated to a newer release level.
> If you are using some other MTA as a replacement for sendmail then you
> must use sendmail_enable="NONE" to totally deactivate the sendmail MTA.
> Your periodic mails are generated by CRON, not the MTA. The MTA just
> delivers the mail and acts as the post office. Look in your MTA log for
> messages which may point you to the real reason your periodic mails
> are being not delivered. The periodic mails default to user root,
> are you checking the correct?
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Paul Everlund
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 6:46 AM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Periodic mails
>
> Hi again!
>
> Thanks for the two replies I got, but unfortunately none
> of them did help, so I try again...
>
> In 4.5 I had sendmail_enable="NO" and got my periodic mails.
>
> In 4.6 I have sendmail_enable="NONE" and do not get any
> periodic mails.
>
> In /var/log/messages I see:
> Jun 25 03:02:57 fw /kernel: Connection attempt to
> TCP 213.64.yy.xx:25 from 192.168.0.5:1325
>
> Should I set sendmail_enable to "NO" in 4.6, instead of
> "NONE" to recieve them? If that's the case, what security
> risks are there by using "NO"?
>
> Would appreciate an answer from any one out there who can
> help me out! :-)
There are now four (count 'em!) sendmail switches that can be used in
/etc/rc.conf - see your updated /etc/default/rc.conf for details. This
was discussed in freebsd-stable when the changeover happened, so you may
find more information there. Anyhoo, they are:
sendmail_enable="YES" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO/NONE).
# If NONE, don't start any sendmail processes.
sendmail_submit_enable="YES" # Start a localhost-only MTA for mail submission
sendmail_outbound_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO).
sendmail_msp_queue_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail (YES/NO).
You probably want NO, YES, YES, YES, respectively.
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