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> > >> I think there should be an option for sshd *only*, possibly with
> > >> `sendmail -q30m` (i.e. mail service without an smtp listener) -- i.e.
> > >
> > >What good would the sendmail option do?  Why not simply turn it off?
> > 
> > To be able to send at least outbound mail?  Or is this answer too
> > obvious?
> 
> Too obviously incorrect, perhaps. :) You don't need sendmail running
> to send outbound mail.  You just connect to port 25 on the destination
> machine and cram the mail down its gullet.

I haven't seen patches go in that make the daily, weekly and monthly
emails do that. :-) Also some mailers like elm assume a local
sendmail or equivalent. So I think running it with -q30m by default
is a good compromise. At least then mail won't just queue up in the
queue with nobody the wiser.

John
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John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za


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