From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Nov 25 16: 5:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from zardoc.esmtp.org (adsl-63-195-85-27.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.195.85.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8772C37B417 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 16:05:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from zardoc.esmtp.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zardoc.esmtp.org (8.12.2.Beta1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id fAQ04kxg026279 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sun, 25 Nov 2001 16:04:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ca@localhost) by zardoc.esmtp.org (8.12.2.Beta1/8.12.1/Submit) id fAQ04klT026835; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 16:04:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 16:04:46 -0800 From: Claus Assmann To: Jochem Kossen Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patch for /usr/src/etc/sendmail/freebsd.mc to disable submission (close port 587) Message-ID: <20011125160446.B3967@zardoc.esmtp.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20011126000211.A27034@jochem.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20011126000211.A27034@jochem.dyndns.org>; from j.kossen@home.nl on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 12:02:11AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 26, 2001, Jochem Kossen wrote: > I wonder why by default, the submission function of sendmail (which is > to my knowledge rarely used) is enabled, so i created a small a patch > for disabling it, maybe it could be used? > If not, could someone explain to me whoever uses the thing? :) We (i.e., the authors of sendmail) have enabled it by default to encourage its use. If you turn it off, how do you expect that other programs will actually use it? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message