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Date:      Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:11:29 +0100
From:      Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: security settings documentation
Message-ID:  <20010219191129.C2171@nathan.ruhr.de>
In-Reply-To: <200102151422.f1FEM1J70621@cwsys.cwsent.com>; from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca on Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 06:21:23AM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102141638540.15577-100000@mail.wlcg.com> <200102151422.f1FEM1J70621@cwsys.cwsent.com>

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Hi,
> Agreed, -bd is not mandatory.  One could run Sendmail out of inetd 
> using -bs or hide it behind Obtuse Systems Smtpd (smtpd) port, which 
> implements a Qmail-like or postfix-like approach using Sendmail.

or you could tell sendmail to listen on lo0 only. In other words, start
it with -bd -oOA=127.0.0.1. Which results in:

tcp4       0      0  127.0.0.1.25           *.*                    LISTEN

If you want sendmail to listen on more interfaces, add more -oOA options.

/s/Udo
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