Re: fetchmail works -- but so does sendmail

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From: Paul Black
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 00:00

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simon@child.demon.co.uk (Simon Child) wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 08 May 99 10:32:28 GMT, Phil Hunt <philh@vision25.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >I've tried not running sendmail, but this is no good because it causes
> >fetchmail to stop working too (fetchmail tries to deliver its mail to
> >sendmail). There's nothing in the Demon section of the fetchmail FAQ,
> >either.
> 
> Instead of starting sendmail from /etc/rc3.d/init.d or wherever Suse
> does it, start it in /etc/inetd.conf with a -bs switch and it will
> receive mail from fetchmail but not from Demon.

That is not sufficient to prevent Demon connecting to your SMTP port.
Some form of access control is needed (TCP wrappers or firewall).

Paul

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