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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T o m M i t c h e l l
Me, I would "Rather" Not.