From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 7 17:20:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7547C16A4D6 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 17:20:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailhost.wsf.at (server202.serveroffice.com [217.196.72.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 761F343D53 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 17:20:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tw@wsf.at) Received: from mailhost.wsf.at (root@localhost)i67HGxpp031704 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:16:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from tw@wsf.at) Received: from mailhost.wsf.at (http.wsf.at [217.196.72.203]) i67HGwdn031691; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:16:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from tw@wsf.at) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 17:16:58 -0000 To: racerx@makeworld.com, FreeBSD Questions From: Thomas Wolf X-Mailer: twiggi 1.10.3 Message-ID: <20040707191658.fsp1zzlueog8cw@.mailhost.wsf.at> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD IPFW Subject: Re: Turning off submission (587) port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: tw@wsf.at List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 17:20:26 -0000 Chris schrieb: > Folks, > I would prefer to shut this port down if I can. I'm unsure if and how it > can/do it. Other then that, would there be an effective ipfw rule that would > block this? > > If the above needs recompiling sendmail, then I would certainly prefer the > latter. > AFAIK, it is sufficient to edit /etc/mail/sendmail.cf and comment or delete the follwoing line: O DaemonPortOptions=Port=587, Name=MSA, M=E and restart sendmail afterwards. regarding ipfw, reject tcp from any to me 587 would be an appropriate rule. Thomas -- Thomas Wolf Wiener Software Fabrik Dubas u. Wolf GMBH 1050 Wien, Mittersteig 4