Logu wrote:
> I have been using sendmail 8.9.3 that came along with Redhat-6.0 and it
> need not listen on the localport 25 just to send a mail in the command
> line like /usr/sbin/sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] It directly connected
> with the remote smtp port . But in the later versions ( 8.12.11 ), when
> I send a mail, it connects to the localport 25 and uses the localhost as
> the relay.
>
> Is there a configuration option to get the previous behaviour in
> sendmail without making it to listen on any port. Could someone give me
> your inputs on this.
The sendmail delivery process is in two stages - submission and delivery
- since 8.12.x
It doesnt listen on any other port than localhost. And its a lot more
secure than 8.9.3 anyway (why were you running something so dangerously
insecure till now and still worried about one open port?) :)
srs
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