On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:57:43 -0700, "Brent Wiese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Hi - I currently have sendmail_enable="NO" in my rc.conf > > file. This allows emails to be sent from the FBSD machine > > however I would like one other machine on the LAN to use the > > FBSD machine as a SMTP machine. > > > > I think sendmail_enable="YES" would do this but would then > > allow every other machine on the LAN to use sendmail ? Is > > there some way I could limit sendmail users by IP address ? > > For such a "simple" config, you should really consider using Postfix. Its > in > the ports. Its very easy to set up and do exactly what you want. > I did consider it (and also QMail which I get the impression is easier to configure than Postfix) but in this particular case it was a question of "if we can do it on our server by changing some config files then do it - otherwise find some other offsite server to do it". In general however I take your point although my experience of any mail server is limited I do get the impression that SendMail is not the best choice unless there's some aspect of it you need badly.
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