From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 7 18:41:45 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 557CA16A4D7 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 18:41:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C6E943D2D for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 18:41:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5285F69A41; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:41:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 14:41:43 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Dick Davies Message-Id: <20040707144143.493043d1.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040707183340.GA1322@lb.tenfour> References: <200407071201.23675.racerx@makeworld.com> <20040707183340.GA1322@lb.tenfour> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Turning off submission (587) port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 18:41:45 -0000 Dick Davies wrote: > * Chris [0701 18:01]: > > 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. > > While we're on the subject, how do I stop sendmail starting, and > sow salt on the inodes so nothing grows there again? > I want exim instead. > > I grepped quickly through /etc/defaults/rc.conf and didn't see anything > obvious. And ISTR there's a make.conf option too, isn't there? Have a look at /etc/mail/mailer.conf and the associated man page. It's quite possible that there's magic in the Makefile for the Exim port to update mailer.conf for you. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com