From owner-freebsd-security Sat Sep 23 12:49:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from orthanc.ab.ca (207-167-15-66.dsl.worldgate.ca [207.167.15.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5C8A37B422 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 12:49:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orthanc.ab.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orthanc.ab.ca (8.11.0.Beta3/8.11.0.Beta3) with ESMTP id e8NJnX143291; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:49:33 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <200009231949.e8NJnX143291@orthanc.ab.ca> To: Gerhard Sittig Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail default run state In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 23 Sep 2000 14:55:57 +0200." <20000923145557.G5065@speedy.gsinet> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:49:32 -0600 From: Lyndon Nerenberg Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >>>>> "Gerhard" == Gerhard Sittig 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message