Date: 18 Oct 2001 21:20:01 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New sendmail users (was Re: HEADS UP: Apache port change from nobody:nogroup to www:www planned) Message-ID: <xzpvghcbvry.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <15311.6913.618332.163251@horsey.gshapiro.net> References: <29611.1003411145@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <xzpofn5dqqk.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <15311.1383.814782.672622@horsey.gshapiro.net> <3BCF1A60.13C78B28@DougBarton.net> <15311.6913.618332.163251@horsey.gshapiro.net>
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Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> I'd worry about the confusion of calling it smtp given that user is not
> used by the SMTP server (the sendmail daemon), it is used by the MSP (mail
> submission program), i.e., when users/programs run sendmail from the
> command line for initial submission of the mail. Calling it 'smtp' may
> lead people to believe the SMTP daemon uses it.
If it's used for the submission client, then use UID 587 and call it
something else ("submit", for instance, as "submission" would be too
long).
DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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