From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 28 08:58:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B0416A4B3 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 08:58:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thor.65535.net (thor.65535.net [216.17.104.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D32D444030 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 08:58:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rghf@fsck.me.uk) Received: from jvds.demon.co.uk ([212.228.151.253] helo=bitch.localdomain) by thor.65535.net with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1A3duV-0002aA-AE; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 08:56:35 -0700 Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:00:13 +0100 (BST) From: Rus Foster X-X-Sender: rghf@bitch.localdomain To: Ekrem In-Reply-To: <1064761546.65061.4.camel@beynam.ecko.net.au> Message-ID: References: <1064761546.65061.4.camel@beynam.ecko.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Sendmail: Do I need it running? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:58:21 -0000 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 -- w: http://www.jvds.com | Free Debian UNIX Shell Accounts e: rghf@jvds.com | http://www.jvds.com/freeshells t: +44 7919 373537 | t: 1-888-327-6330 | email: sales@jvds.com