From owner-freebsd-security Fri Sep 6 15:29:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB6DE37B400 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:29:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orthanc.ab.ca (orthanc.ab.ca [216.123.203.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5B643E3B for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:29:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca) Received: from orthanc.ab.ca (localhost.orthanc.ab.ca [127.0.0.1]) by orthanc.ab.ca (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g86MTX3j042290; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:29:33 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca) Message-Id: <200209062229.g86MTX3j042290@orthanc.ab.ca> From: Lyndon Nerenberg Organization: The Frobozz Magic Homing Pigeon Company To: "Jose Esteban Esquer Biskofski" Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: asmtp 587 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Sep 2002 17:23:57 CDT." <000001c255f4$179c0fc0$0800a8c0@bebo> X-Mailer: mh-e 6.1+cvs; MH 6.8.4; Emacs 21.2 Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 16:29:33 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >>>>> "Jose" == Jose Esteban Esquer Biskofski writes: Jose> Hello, Ive been looking for information on what sendmail's Jose> asmtp (port 587) is exactly, and how to close it. Ive had no Jose> luck, could someone please tell me how to get rid of it? Jose> Thanks. Port 587 is the Mail Submission service (RFC 2476), and instead of turning it off you should learn what it's for and then configure your MUAs to use it. --lyndon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message