Re: Sendmail hole

From: Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM
Date: Wed Mar 12 2003 - 10:14:41 EST


depends on which software you use to send mail
most apps call sendmail, so its correct what you say; as long as you
dont have some (available) relay you can use

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From: Steven Langdale [mailto:Langdale_Steven@PERKINS.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 1:44 PM
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Subject: Re: Sendmail hole

Simon

I was under impression that even if you only have outgoing mail but want
it a bit more reliable, i.e will queue mails up if the destination is
down, you need sendmail running.

Is this correct?

Thanks

Steven

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If you don't actually have incoming email, then there is no good reason
to run the sendmail daemon; you can send outgoing mail without it, and
that reduces your exposure considerably.

If you need to receive mail, then you need sendmail or an equivalent
running. That's a business decision, not a technical one.



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