From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 22 18:28:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3770014E85 for ; Sat, 22 May 1999 18:28:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA04243; Sat, 22 May 1999 18:28:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 18:28:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: pirat sriyotha Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stand alone machine to internet via ISP In-Reply-To: <19990521045234.8390.rocketmail@web107.yahoomail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 20 May 1999, pirat sriyotha wrote: > i am using FreeBSD-3.1 and my machine is a standalone one. i do not > connect to internet all the time but rather time to time in a short > period connect to internet via my isp by dial up. > > would you please suggest me to config both machine and sendmail in > order that i could connect to internet without any trouble (or flame) ? Turn every service off that you won't be using. If you won't be receiving mail directly to the box, you can turn sendmail completely off. You can still send mail, just not receive it directly on your box. You're using POP anyway, I'm guessing. Sendmail also like to make freak DNS lookups, so this will help you if you decide to set up on-demand dialing. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message