Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:50:11 -0700 From: Ryan Merrick <sandshrimp@comcast.net> To: Ekrem <ekrem@ozemail.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sendmail: Do I need it running? Message-ID: <3F7773B3.7080508@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <1064791633.65061.14.camel@beynam.ecko.net.au> References: <1064761546.65061.4.camel@beynam.ecko.net.au> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0309281659380.19353@bitch.localdomain> <1064791633.65061.14.camel@beynam.ecko.net.au>
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Ekrem wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 02:00, Rus Foster wrote: > >>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Ekrem wrote: >> >> >>>Hi people, >>> >>>I'm using FreeBSD on my standalone desktop PC. I use dialup for the >>>internet and use Evolution as the email client, but the following 2 >>>processes always running; >>> >>>sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) >>>sendmail: Queue runner@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) >>> >>>Do they need to be running for things like daily/weekly cron jobs that >>>send emails to root, or for any other purpose? >> >>No if you aren't using SMTP to receive email from outside your can disable >>these by putting sendmail_enable="no" in /etc/rc.conf then just kill of >>the processes >> >>Rus > > > Thanks for your reply. > > Actually, I am retrieving my emails from my ISP's SMTP server but I know > I don't need to run sendmail to retrieve them. I did kill those 2 > processes. I'm just too sure if it will have some impact on email > notifications. > > Interestingly, I do have sendmail_enable="NO" in my /etc/rc.conf file, > yet sendmail continues to automatically start whenever I reboot. > > I might have to go learn more about auto-start processes. > To completely disable sendmail in #/etc/rc.conf use sendmail_enable="none" Sendmail is used as the default mailer for cron. This only works if an email address is mapped to root in #/etc/aliases. -Ryan
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