Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 08:52:37 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Kwoody <kwoody@citytel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sendmail... Message-ID: <19980107085237.29721@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980105233747.2946B-100000@mybsd.net>; from Kwoody on Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 11:40:40PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980105233747.2946B-100000@mybsd.net>
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On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 11:40:40PM -0800, Kwoody wrote: > > Thanks for the replies to the mailing log to myself...but now antoher > quesiont off that: > > a simple mail kwoody < log causes ppp to dial out. > > I am using my ISP as my relay etc...how do I prevent ppp from dialing out > with a simple command like the above? Good question. First, you need to know why it's dialling out. Then you can block that particular message from causing a dialout. At a guess, mail is performing a DNS lookup. You can find out for sure with tcpdump. One alternative would then be to change your DNS configuration. But first, let's see what the cause is. Greg
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