Ben Rosenberg wrote:
* 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.
It still shouldn't be an open relay, that's all turned off by default. (and yes Ben, sent you some extra copies too...you're welcome:)
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