From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 21 11:29:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA10412 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:29:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horton.iaces.com (proot@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA10405 for ; Thu, 21 Aug 1997 11:29:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA02496; Thu, 21 Aug 1997 13:29:39 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199708211829.NAA02496@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Question: To: balue@apolloi.com Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 13:29:39 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <33FC8377.559E@apolloi.com> from balue at "Aug 21, 97 11:05:43 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, balue said: > I am able to telnet into port 25, thus enabling me to view > all the subscribers in my list. How do I disable the ability > to telnet into port 25? Turn off sendmail. You probably don't want to do that. What you want to do is use majordomo, and/or configure sendmail to not respond to vrfy. Paul. -- when everyone is out to get you, being paranoid is just good thinking. --Dr. Johnny Fever