Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:00:13 +0100 (BST) From: Rus Foster <rghf@fsck.me.uk> To: Ekrem <ekrem@ozemail.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sendmail: Do I need it running? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0309281659380.19353@bitch.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1064761546.65061.4.camel@beynam.ecko.net.au> References: <1064761546.65061.4.camel@beynam.ecko.net.au>
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Ekrem wrote: > Hi people, > > I'm using FreeBSD on my standalone desktop PC. I use dialup for the > internet and use Evolution as the email client, but the following 2 > processes always running; > > sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) > sendmail: Queue runner@00:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) > > Do they need to be running for things like daily/weekly cron jobs that > send emails to root, or for any other purpose? No if you aren't using SMTP to receive email from outside your can disable these by putting sendmail_enable="no" in /etc/rc.conf then just kill of the processes Rus -- w: http://www.jvds.com | Free Debian UNIX Shell Accounts e: rghf@jvds.com | http://www.jvds.com/freeshells t: +44 7919 373537 | t: 1-888-327-6330 | email: sales@jvds.com
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