Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 20:20:38 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Jeff Blaufuss <Jeff_Blaufuss@ndsu.nodak.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disabling Sendmail Message-ID: <20000928202038.K81242@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> In-Reply-To: <39D3D91B.E3117AA3@ndsu.nodak.edu>; from Jeff_Blaufuss@ndsu.nodak.edu on Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 06:49:47PM -0500 References: <39D3D91B.E3117AA3@ndsu.nodak.edu>
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On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 06:49:47PM -0500, Jeff Blaufuss wrote: > I want do disable sendmail on my machine to increase security, and > because I don't use my computer as a mailserver. I have a question > about disabling it though. If I disable sendmail will I still be able > to send mail to other users on the same machine, like those security > check messages that root gets every night? Yes. > Is there a way to make > sendmail refuse incoming connections while still allowing mail to be > sent locally? Don't run the daemon, sendmail_enable="NO" This does not affect how mail is sent... ...UNLESS... The attempt fails. The mail will be queued, but there is no sendmail daemon running to periodically process the queue. If you are only sending local mail, this is not a concern. If you are sending outgoing mail to other machines, you can run, sendmail_enable="YES" sendmail_flags="-q30m" And the daemon will process the queue every 30 minutes but not listen on port 25. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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