From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 11 12:37: 0 2003 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 0C3BB37B401 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:36:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA54443F75 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:36:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1047847009.7bcb29@mired.org) Received: (qmail 32687 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2003 20:36:49 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 11 Mar 2003 20:36:49 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15982.18657.162046.716421@guru.mired.org> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 14:36:49 -0600 To: Bill Moran Cc: Christopher Nehren , FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract for Comcast users In-Reply-To: <3E6E41BE.4010607@potentialtech.com> References: <1047405242.3393.59.camel@prophecy> <3E6E41BE.4010607@potentialtech.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.71 (Hoop, Jr.) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In <3E6E41BE.4010607@potentialtech.com>, Bill Moran typed: > Just configure sendmail for local submission only (see the docs on rc.conf > and the new configuratin options for sendmail) That is NOT in breach of > your contract since sendmail is NOT running as a daemon at that point. Actually, it *is* running as a daemon. Specifically, it's running a queue browser to deliver stalled mail from the queue every 30 minutes - at least, that's how defaults/rc.conf sets things up. > If you're worried about false accusations ... running sendmail in local > submission mode will not expose an SMTP port to the network, nor will > it look any different when it delivers than any other mail sending program. > Just make sure to configure smart host to send to your ISPs mail gateway. Sendmail (used to?) open a port for "local submissions" when run in submit mode. If his ISP does generic port scans, they may pick that up. You may be able to disable it in sendmail, and you can certainly block it with your firewall of choice. The third alternatve is to install a mail system that doesn't have a local port in submit-only mode. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message