* Joost van der Lugt (jvdl@sirius.com) [010629 12:13]: ->dsmith@ds-electronics.co.uk wrote: ->> ->> Hi everyone. ->> ->> I'm having real problems with my sendmail setup. ->> ->> I've just installed 7.2 Pro (although this problem exists on 6.4 as well) ->> on a "new" machine that is going to become my 'network services' machine ->> (DNS, FTP, SMTP, etc.). I have the following problems: ->> ->> o I have a dialup connection, so the obvious choice for sendmail setup is ->> "host with temporarily(sic) network connection". However, this leaves ->> my machine as an open SMTP relay. -> ->Mmm, I would be very surprised if it does, what makes you think so? -> If he hasn't taken out the -bd switch in the arguments for starting Sendmail. This will leave him open to problems of an open port that accepts connections. By taking the -bd switch out..it will run as a daemon but it will only sendmail..not accept any other kind of connections. -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- The only argument for the superiority of Windows over UNIX is that General Protection Fault outranks Colonel Panic.