Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:07:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Hans Zaunere <zaunere@yahoo.com> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca>, Jose Esteban Esquer Biskofski <jose.esteban@plazanetwork.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: asmtp 587 Message-ID: <20020906230716.99501.qmail@web12808.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200209062229.g86MTX3j042290@orthanc.ab.ca>
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--- Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> wrote: > >>>>> "Jose" == Jose Esteban Esquer Biskofski > <jose.esteban@plazanetwork.com> writes: > > Jose> Hello, Ive been looking for information on what sendmail's > Jose> asmtp (port 587) is exactly, and how to close it. Ive had > no > Jose> luck, could someone please tell me how to get rid of it? > Jose> Thanks. > > Port 587 is the Mail Submission service (RFC 2476), and instead of > turning it off you should learn what it's for and then configure > your MUAs to use it. I disagree. I've been through docs/RFCs/etc and I have yet to see it's purpose. As far as I can tell, it's just sendmail listening on another port. The pertinent line in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: 0 DaemonPortOptions=Port=587, Name=MSA, M=E and I've commented it out. If someone can tell me how I'm supposed to talk to it, I'd be interested - otherwise I see it just as an immature default. And, if it's setup for MUAs, why does it listen on all IPs? Just localhost, no? Thanks, Hans > > --lyndon > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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