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Subject: Re: Sendmail security and defaults on 4.3 RELEASE
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Anthony Atkielski wrote:

> How secure is the default configuration of sendmail on an
> installation of FreeBSD 4.3 RELEASE?  I want to open the smtp port
> and try some stuff mailing back and forth, possibly on a
> semi-production basis.  Are there any risks I need to worry about
> with the default configuration of sendmail?

It's pretty good, to be honest, and works well as a leaf-node. There are
a bunch of self-explanatory files in /etc/mail. Except, of course, for
the sendmail.cf file :-)

You'll probably want to edit
	/etc/mail/access
	.../aliases
	.../local-host-names
	.../virtusertable	(if you're hosting multiple domains)

However, sendmail is something that it's worth keeping up-to-date. This
is pretty simple to do if you're using cvsup.

There are a bunch of alternative mailers (qmail, postfix, exim) all of
which are reasonable alternatives.

Sendmail configuration can be a bit thorny; I'd recommend you play and
come back with specific setup questions.

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