On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, David wrote: > /etc/init.d/sendmail stop > i'm not sure, if this is a good idea. what about outgoing mails, that get delayed (i.e., cannot be sent immediately)? don't they need a running daemon? of course, they probably would get sent when a new mail is sent, but this may be ages later ...
i like the idea of denying all incoming packets on port 25. alternatively you can setup relay/delivery blocking rules in the sendmail-config. but it's just a question of time, when the next security hole is found in sendmail, so i prefer low-level-blocking. > On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 01:47:51PM +0200, Srebrenko Sehic wrote: > > Hello > > > > Is there a stright forward method of denying _all_ incoming emails with > > sendmail (v8.8.7)? I need this because sendmail's only purpose is to send > > and not accept any. > > > > I guess I could just block all incoming packets to port 25, but is this a > > good idea? > > > > /Srebrenko > > -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.
