On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:08:24 +0200 Giorgos Keramidas <keram...@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
> What is nice about Sendmail today is that with minimal changes to a > base FreeBSD installation (the rc.conf(5) variable called > "sendmail_enable" and a SMART_HOST value in sendmail.mc) one can > quickly get up and running with a local-only MTA that: > sendmail_enable exposes sendmail to the world. You don't need to set anything for a local relay. > Having a local MTA, even in a SOHO network may be useful. Instead of > going through the same hoops to configure 4 different email clients, > you can set up the local MTA and tell all your local mailer programs > "send any of your messages to `localhost' and they will be delivered > as usual". It's also potentially a useful interface for spammers and viruses that bypasses remote authentication, in particular if the MTA is misconfigured as an open-relay. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"