Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:49:32 -0600 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> To: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail default run state Message-ID: <200009231949.e8NJnX143291@orthanc.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Sep 2000 14:55:57 %2B0200." <20000923145557.G5065@speedy.gsinet>
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>>>>> "Gerhard" == Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> writes:
Gerhard> Are you sure of the above facts?
Yes.
Gerhard> IIRC _any_ UNIX MUA
Gerhard> will use the sendmail command line interface
Gerhard> (/usr/sbin/sendmail) for outgoing mail. Only MTAs talk
Gerhard> SMTP.
Nope. Most MUAs these days talk SMTP for submission. And SMTP submission
will become even more common. If you need DNSs or message tracking you
must inject using SMTP.
With the introduction of the SUBMIT profile for SMTP you'll see
most sites eventually migrate to requiring message injection via port
587.
Gerhard> Netscape is an exception here. It does have some MUA
Gerhard> functionality, but it tries to be a MTA, too.
Netscape doesn't provide any MTA functionality.
--lyndon
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