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Date:      Thu, 30 Jan 2003 22:26:18 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jeff Jirsa <jeff@unixconsults.com>
To:        Kjell <la3sg@sensewave.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel message when sending mail
Message-ID:  <20030130222348.C58127-100000@boris.st.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3E3A21DD.22672.190074@localhost>

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Kjell wrote:

> Each time I send an email using Mutt the following message pops up on
> the screen:
>
>
> /kernel: Connection attempt to TCP 127.0.0.1:113 from 127.0.0.1:1572
>
>
> What could be the cause?
>

TCP port 113 is the Auth service. When you send mail, sendmail will
attempt to verify the username on the other end of the connection by
querying auth. You have auth disabled: if you want to enable it, edit
/etc/inetd.conf (the comments in inetd.conf are quite good, but
inetd.conf(8) will help too).

- Jeff Jirsa



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