David Means <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Charles Cazabon wrote:
> >
> > Eduardo Gargiulo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I had installed qmail and it's running ok. All the examples says to add
> > > a line in /etc/inetd.conf to run qmail-smtpd, but I don't know how to
> > > configure it in xinetd. Where can I find an xinetd example and what is
> > > tcp-env for?
> >
> > Running qmail from inetd is deprecated. Download ucspi-tcp and run it
> > under tcpserver.
>
> I personally don't care to run tcpserver, although I've run it in the past,
> and it worked well at that time. tcpserver is nothing but a wrapper to
> enable one to 1) log connections, and 2) keep unallowed hosts out. Xinetd
> does that for me. Why would any one want to run two servers that can do the
> same thing?
tcpserver does much more than this; in particular, the ability to arbitrarily
set environment variables on a per-IP or per-hostname basis is particularly
valuable in controlling certain aspects of qmail's behaviour. I also find
that tcpserver's controls on maximum concurrency are much better suited to
controlling services than inetd/xinetd. I've also never had tcpserver crash,
for any reason -- not something I can say about inetd/xinetd.
Charles
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