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Date:      Tue, 19 Nov 1996 00:32:06 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Cc:        marcs@znep.com (Marc Slemko)
Subject:   Re: BoS: Exploit for sendmail smtpd bug (ver. 8.7-8.8.2).
Message-ID:  <199611182332.AAA02832@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961118082418.4525C-100000@alive.ampr.ab.ca> from Marc Slemko at "Nov 18, 96 08:34:12 am"

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As Marc Slemko wrote:

> I am running TCP/IP, however only sometimes; ie. a dial on demand
> connection.  If it isn't recompiled, no matter how you configure it,
> sendmail will try a DNS lookup for each bit of mail it receives, causing
> the dial on demand link to come up.

No.  Use

FEATURE(nodns)
FEATURE(nocanonify)

Of course, you could also try reading the FAQ ;-)

9.18. How do I use sendmail for mail delivery with UUCP?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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