sendmail

[Nifty Hat Mitch]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 07:15:43PM -0500, John Thompson wrote:
> James Kosin wrote:
> 
> >| I am usin sendmail as an smtp server
> >| is there away to start up sendmail ( & start down )
> >| only when I send emails
> >|
> >| thanks
> 
> >You don't need sendmail to send mail.  Sendmail allows others to send
> >email to your computer (in most cases this is not wanted).
> >
> >Luckily, by default, sendmail is fairly secure.  But, if you are NOT
> >RUNNING an email server, you do not need this service for any reason.
> 
> You might want it for local delivery of e.g. root's messages to your 
> regular user account.

FWIW, Procmail can be used for local delivery.



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