From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 14 05:01:20 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 2019916A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 05:01:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outbox.allstream.net (outbox.allstream.net [207.245.244.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C351E43D1D for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 05:01:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from epilogue@allstream.net) Received: from localhost (mon-pq64-165.dial.allstream.net [216.123.143.117]) by outbox.allstream.net (Allstream MTA) with SMTP id CB93E5D4C; Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:01:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:00:55 -0400 From: epilogue To: ecrist@secure-computing.net Message-Id: <20040714010055.50e76a32@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200407132233.51809.ecrist@secure-computing.net> References: <20040713235330.GA16511@toxic.magnesium.net> <20040714031953.GA3825@gothmog.gr> <200407132233.51809.ecrist@secure-computing.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Giorgos Keramidas cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: Gary Kline Subject: Re: closer, no cigar. 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, 14 Jul 2004 05:01:20 -0000 On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:33:51 -0500 Eric Crist wrote: > On Tuesday 13 July 2004 22:19, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > The first of these processes is sendmail started in submit mode by the > > > > `rc.sendmail' startup script. The relevant rc.conf options are: > > : sendmail_enable="NO" > > : sendmail_submit_enable="YES" > > : sendmail_submit_flags="-L smtpd -bd -q30m > > : -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost" > > > > - Giorgos > > Can you exlpain exactly what submit mode is for? hello, eric! giorgos, if you'll permit me. hmmm... let's see. something about sendmail. ~> apropos sendmail aliases(5) - aliases file for sendmail editmap(8) - query and edit single records in database maps for sendmail makemap(8) - create database maps for sendmail rc.sendmail(8) - sendmail(8) startup script sendmail(8) - an electronic mail transport agent smrsh(8) - restricted shell for sendmail aha. that certainly is quite a few to chose from. well, judging by these descriptions _and_ given the quotation marks kindly offered by giorgos up above, 'rc.sendmail' certainly seems to be the most likely candidate. hey, we've got time on our hands, so let's give that a try... ~> man rc.sendmail rc.sendmail -- sendmail(8) startup script sendmail_submit_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'' and... sendmail_submit_flags (str) If sendmail_enable is set to ``NO'' ... what do ya know! we figured it out _and_ on our first try. > Is it something you want running on a production mail server? now that you know what it is... for my part, i dunno. i don't run sendmail. perhaps someone could share with us their thoughts? hth, epi > Thanks. > -- > Eric F Crist > > Keep your pecker hard and your powder dry, and the world WILL turn. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >