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Date:      Fri, 14 Feb 2003 17:11:05 -0600
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Andrew Y Ng <ayn@AndrewNg.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: need some sendmail help
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20030214171105.012a3158@sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030214224142.GC1717@gothmog.gr>
References:  <20030214170820.GM81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20030213202116.GA17725@AndrewNg.com> <20030213204847.GA4654@gothmog.gr> <20030214013811.GA25303@AndrewNg.com> <20030214015122.GA3806@gothmog.gr> <20030214170820.GM81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>

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At 12:41 AM 2.15.2003 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>On 2003-02-14 18:08, Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> wrote:
>> # keramida@ceid.upatras.gr / 2003-02-14 03:51:22 +0200:
>> > You have only enabled mail submission through a network
>> > connection to port 25, but not submission of mail from local
>> > users.  I suggest that you read at least /etc/mail/README and
>> > the rc.sendmail(8) manpage.
>>
>>     Hi Giorgos,
>>
>>     it was always my understanding that sendmail_enable="YES" will turn
>>     Sendmail on wholesale: commandline submits, inbound, outbound.
>
>Not really.  sendmail_enable="YES" turns on only the non-localhost
>daemon.
>
>Note that I was wrong in my previous post, but for a different reason.
>Since /etc/defaults/rc.conf sets sendmail_xxx_enable="YES", the
>dequeueing of local mail will be automatically enabled.
>

Giorgos: As a refresher, below are the /etc/defaults/rc.conf
Unless, the /etc/rc.conf overrides, these turn on as stated. Based on the
below, what is not turned on....???

###  Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) options  ######################
##############################################################

mta_start_script="/etc/rc.sendmail"
                        # Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc.
# Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail:
sendmail_enable="YES"   # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO/NONE).
                        # If NONE, don't start any sendmail processes.
sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (as a server)
sendmail_submit_enable="YES"    # Start a localhost-only MTA for mail
submission
sendmail_submit_flags="-L sm-mta -bd -q30m -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost"
                                # Flags for localhost-only MTA
sendmail_outbound_enable="YES"  # Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO).
sendmail_outbound_flags="-L sm-queue -q30m" # Flags to sendmail (outbound
only)
sendmail_msp_queue_enable="YES" # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail (YES/NO).
sendmail_msp_queue_flags="-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m"
                                # Flags for sendmail_msp_queue daemon.

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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