Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 22:34:23 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail default run state Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000923223152.04470e70@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000923145557.G5065@speedy.gsinet> References: <200009222118.e8MLId117503@orthanc.ab.ca> <20000922222026.A33410@mithrandr.moria.org> <200009222118.e8MLId117503@orthanc.ab.ca>
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At 06:55 AM 9/23/2000, Gerhard Sittig wrote: >Are you sure of the above facts? IIRC _any_ UNIX MUA will use >the sendmail command line interface (/usr/sbin/sendmail) for >outgoing mail. Only MTAs talk SMTP. Many -- in fact most -- MUAs talk SMTP. And for good reason: it's universal. You can talk to either the local machine OR a remote machine that way, while going through local sendmail requires extra code. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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