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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
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In article <199611250434.PAA27300@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>,
Michael Smith  <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
>I'd also appreciate input from anyone that can see a problem with having
>sendmail lying around but not running; if it's thought that this is still
>a security risk, then there should be a comment in the handbook section
>on mailer security suggesting that it be disabled (nuked, re-moded, etc.).

Remoded. It'll still work to *send* mail if it's not running, and there
are convenient security holes there too.