I don't beleive sending mail from a host requires a SMTP daemon, only receiving mail is a security risk. However, I reserve the right to be wrong.
Chris Mason Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies Tel: 264 497 5670 Fax: 264 497 8463 USA Fax (561) 382-7771 Take a virtual tour of the island http://net.ai/ The Anguilla Guide Find out more about NetConcepts www.netconcepts.ai bwz*mq -----Original Message----- From: Marcin Owsiany [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: minimal mail config for firewall? On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 10:03:35AM -0400, Paul Reavis wrote: > Marcin Owsiany wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 09:42:39AM -0400, Paul Reavis wrote: > > > What would y'all recommend as a minimal mail setup for a firewall > > > system. Quite a few things seem to depend on _some_ sort of MTA, but I > > > don't want SMTP (I'm redirecting SMTP to an internal mail server). > > > > You are probably looking for ssmtp > > What about mail addressed to root? Is it simply forwarded to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] This sounds OK to me - I can hardcode the destination > mailhub and feel reasonably good about things, barring packet sniffers > on my internal network or a compromised mailhub. I have no idea.. I have never used it.. just remembered the Description good luck Marcin -- +--------------------------------+ The reason we come up with new versions |Marcin Owsiany | is not to fix bugs. It's the stupidest |[EMAIL PROTECTED]| reason to buy a new version +--------------------------------+ I ever heard. - Bill Gates -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
