From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 11 05:32:13 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA16037 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 05:32:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from linux1.usls.edu (linux1.usls.edu [202.47.133.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA16014 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 05:32:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from francis@usls.edu) Received: by linux1.usls.edu (Postfix, from userid 500) id DEAF17609; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 21:31:47 +0800 (PHT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by linux1.usls.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id D536C7606; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 21:31:47 +0800 (PHT) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 21:31:47 +0800 (JST) From: "Francis A. Vidal" To: Stefano Riva Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sending mail without running SMTP service In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990211142847.009a5480@relay.alice.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Stefano Riva wrote: [snipped] > I think there's a misunderstanding, here... I've understood your > machine is a 2.2.8-STABLE box and you don't want to run sendmail as a > daemon, but you want to send mail with sendmail ran from the command > line. Is it correct? If so, just do it. Don't load sendmail as a > daemon by specifying NO in /etc/rc.conf. Use sendmail just like mail, > from the command line. yes, this is exactly what i'm trying to do. i have NO in /etc/rc.conf for sendmail and i'm trying to use sendmail like `mail'. > Where and when do you get that connection refused error? Are we talking > about the same machine, or maybe are you trying to send mail from another > machine with a fixed SMTP server which is the 2.2.8-STABLE box? we're talking about the same machine. the error is generated on the local machine. -- francis vidal university of st. la salle, bacolod city, philippines . . . . . . . PGP key available via e-mail / subject: get PGP key u s l s N E T tel. nos. (6334).435.2324 / 433.3526 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message