From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 24 22:33:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 00E1E16A416 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:33:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@rawb.net) Received: from smtp154.iad.emailsrvr.com (smtp154.iad.emailsrvr.com [207.97.245.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7CB643D66 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:33:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@rawb.net) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (waterbury-gen2cuda1-68-68-137-59.albyny.adelphia.net [68.68.137.59]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: lists@rawb.net) by relay5.relay.iad.emailsrvr.com (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 21FB1174F4 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:33:26 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <20060924214248.GC6395@zloy.stilyagin.com> References: <20060924214248.GC6395@zloy.stilyagin.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Rob Gabaree Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:33:23 -0400 To: questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: Subject: Re: Do I need to completely disable sendmail? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:33:34 -0000 Thanks. What I did was remove all lines except `sendmail_enable="NO"` and in / etc/mail/aliases, I setup the root alias to goto my real email address: root user@mydomain.com I setup my firewall to block incoming/outgoing email on ports 21/25 as well, so no one on the outside can access mail services. It seems to be working correctly, as I received mail as it was ran to my @mydomain.com email. Does this seem ok? Did I do anything wrong? Thanks, rob On Sep 24, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Darrin Chandler wrote: > On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 05:18:27PM -0400, Rob Gabaree wrote: >> >> So what should I do? Should I just have "sendmail_enable="NO"" in / >> etc/rc.conf, so only the incoming mail service is disabled? That way >> messages could be sent without the above errors? Or what? > > You should allow the system to send out it's mail. And it should go > somewhere meaningful (i.e., to you). And you should read it. > > All my systems send me mail every day, and I scan through it to make > sure everything is okay. That's what those messages are for. :) > > So, yes. You should disabled incoming, but allow submit, etc. You can > also firewall off incoming instead or in addition. > > -- > Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group > dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ > http://www.stilyagin.com/ |