From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 25 17:04:29 2004 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 63D0616A4CE for ; Tue, 25 May 2004 17:04:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B42643D2D for ; Tue, 25 May 2004 17:04:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1BSlty-000BGf-KW for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 26 May 2004 01:04:10 +0100 Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i4Q04Auf083042 for ; Wed, 26 May 2004 01:04:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.10/8.12.6/Submit) id i4Q049Al083041 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 26 May 2004 01:04:10 +0100 (BST) Resent-Message-Id: <200405260004.i4Q049Al083041@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 15:15:58 +0100 From: Jonathon McKitrick To: JJB Message-ID: <20040524141558.GB48389@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040524122957.GA47602@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Resent-From: jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 01:04:09 +0100 Resent-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1BSlty-000BGf-KW*53EiJCqJw/M* Subject: Re: Repeated connections to port 25 with firewall 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: Wed, 26 May 2004 00:04:29 -0000 On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 08:50:17AM -0400, JJB wrote: : The messages you are getting are generated from the log-in-vain : option you have turned on. Every night when the cron management : reports run they post email from root to root using the 127.0.0.1 If I disable this 'feature' and adjust my filter rules as the next message suggests, will I get my cron reports mailed correctly? I want the bare minimum sendmail setup needed so only system mail is allowed, and I do not have to worry about outside access. I use pop3 for personal email. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box.