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Date:      Wed, 17 Dec 1997 22:42:36 -0700
From:      John-David Childs <jdc@nterprise.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sendmail HYPER-SECURITY
Message-ID:  <19971217224236.09925@denver.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971217084718.11891A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>; from Eric J. Schwertfeger on Wed, Dec 17, 1997 at 08:51:04AM -0800
References:  <19971217091842.5156.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971217084718.11891A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>

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On Wednesday December 17, 1997, Eric J. Schwertfeger <ejs@bfd.com>
 had this to say about "Re: Sendmail HYPER-SECURITY":

> not sure about majordomo, but if you install Procmail as your local
> delivery agent, it works fine (I've got three mail servers set up that
> way).

The problem with Procmail as the local delivery agent is that it defeats
any advantage(s) of smrsh...it becomes possible for any user with a
.procmailrc file to run programs that they wouldn't have been able to with
a .forward/smrsh combo.


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