Thus said Charles Curley on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:29:39 MST:
> > - AFAIK Postfix does not consult resolv.conf; it talks to DNS
> directly.
>
> Oh. How does it find a name server to talk to without
> /etc/resolv.conf?
Maybe it talks directly to the nameserver via other me
Michael L Torrie wrote:
Steven Alligood wrote:
Anyone have any real reasons for not using sendmail?
Ease of configuration, and virtual users. That's about it. I use
postfix for my personal mail server for these reasons. Sendmail does
not support virtual users in the same sense as an
Steven Alligood wrote:
> Anyone have any real reasons for not using sendmail?
Ease of configuration, and virtual users. That's about it. I use
postfix for my personal mail server for these reasons. Sendmail does
not support virtual users in the same sense as any of the other common
MTAs. Like
Jonathan Ellis wrote:
On 12/20/07, Steven Alligood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So what on earth is wrong with sendmail?
http://www.google.com/search?q=sendmail+vulnerabilities
OK, that's weak.
Try:
http://www.google.com/search?q=linux+vulnerabilities
Or:
http://www.google.com/s
On Dec 20, 2007 10:19 AM, Jonathan Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/20/07, Steven Alligood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So what on earth is wrong with sendmail?
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=sendmail+vulnerabilities
>
>
Nowadays Sendmail security is less of factor compared to the ho
On 12/20/07, Steven Alligood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So what on earth is wrong with sendmail?
http://www.google.com/search?q=sendmail+vulnerabilities
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I have or have had working sendmail systems. Maybe I should just put
sendmail on all my Ubuntu machines.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's not go saying something we're going to regret
later. Friends don't let friends install sendmail.
So what on earth is wrong with sendmail? Sure, it has a
On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 10:29 -0700, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 11:19:10PM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> > - Setting up MX records isn't hard and may pay off in stability.
>
> So I need an MX record as well as an A name for each machine? Yucch.
No you don't. The RFC says to lo
Charles Curley wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 11:19:10PM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
>> - AFAIK Postfix does not consult resolv.conf; it talks to DNS directly.
>
> Oh. How does it find a name server to talk to without
> /etc/resolv.conf?
Good point. Now it's less clear to me exactly how Postf
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 11:19:10PM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Charles Curley wrote:
> > Postfix *is* supposed to relay. The postfix instance is running on
> > phoenix, and the mail is addressed to root, which phoenix has aliased
> > as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Ah, ok. Some thoughts:
>
> - You m
Charles Curley wrote:
> Postfix *is* supposed to relay. The postfix instance is running on
> phoenix, and the mail is addressed to root, which phoenix has aliased
> as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ah, ok. Some thoughts:
- You might be able avoid the issue by changing the root alias to point
to '[EMAIL PROT
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 01:55:50PM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Peter McNabb wrote:
> >
> > On Dec 17, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:52:45AM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> >>> This should work once "dig mx charlesc" works on 192.168.1.3. Postfix
>
Peter McNabb wrote:
>
> On Dec 17, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:52:45AM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
>>> This should work once "dig mx charlesc" works on 192.168.1.3. Postfix
>>> looks first for an MX record rather than an A record.
>>
>> It does? I've
Charles Curley wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:52:45AM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
>> Charles Curley wrote:
>>> I set up bind9 on an Ubuntu box several weeks ago. Now, email on two
>>> Ubuntu machines is broken. I get, e.g.
>>>
>>> Dec 17 09:50:58 phoenix postfix/smtp[436]: 08D2A16A0E4:
>>> t
On Dec 17, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:52:45AM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
Charles Curley wrote:
I set up bind9 on an Ubuntu box several weeks ago. Now, email on two
Ubuntu machines is broken. I get, e.g.
Dec 17 09:50:58 phoenix postfix/smtp[436]: 08D
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:52:45AM -0700, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Charles Curley wrote:
> > I set up bind9 on an Ubuntu box several weeks ago. Now, email on two
> > Ubuntu machines is broken. I get, e.g.
> >
> > Dec 17 09:50:58 phoenix postfix/smtp[436]: 08D2A16A0E4:
> > to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, o
Charles Curley wrote:
> I set up bind9 on an Ubuntu box several weeks ago. Now, email on two
> Ubuntu machines is broken. I get, e.g.
>
> Dec 17 09:50:58 phoenix postfix/smtp[436]: 08D2A16A0E4:
> to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, orig_to=, relay=none, delay=8152,
> delays=8142/0.01/10/0, dsn=4.4.3, status=
I set up bind9 on an Ubuntu box several weeks ago. Now, email on two
Ubuntu machines is broken. I get, e.g.
Dec 17 09:50:58 phoenix postfix/smtp[436]: 08D2A16A0E4: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
orig_to=, relay=none, delay=8152, delays=8142/0.01/10/0, dsn=4.4.3,
status=deferred (Host or domain name not
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