But in any other other UNIX its the standard and if you are good at sendmail.....there are a lot of good 1099 projects :-)
On Feb 6, 2008 3:41 AM, Eduardo Tongson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry OT. If possible replace Sendmail. Read the quote from Christos > Zoulas at ArsTechnica why they removed Sendmail from NetBSD's base, he > puts it bluntly. > > """ > Sendmail has been, is, and will be a security accident waiting to > happen (unless it is rewritten from the ground up with security > consciousness). Performing character pointer gymnastics in 50-100 line > loops does not create any warm and fuzzy feelings for me. To top this > off, most sendmail security issues are marked as confidential, and we > are prevented from fixing or mentioning the problem until the ban is > lifted. The last time this happened, we said "enough" and removed it > altogether before the ban for that particular security issue was > lifted > """ > > Ed <http://blog.eonsec.com> > > On Feb 6, 2008 4:05 PM, Ronald Allan Tomimbang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi all! > > > > this is a trick for those who plan to implement > > sendmail+spamassasin+mimedefang. on SLES10 > > > > it took me more than four (4) days to figure out the problem and required > > more brain power and good old plain common sense > > to have it working. > > > > if you happen to have a similar problem on connecting to your hostname both > > from the localmachine and remote. while issuing the command: > > > > $ telnet some-hostname 25 > > Trying some-hostname...... > > telnet: connect to some-hostname: Connection refused. > > > > this means that if you issue the command netstat -ant | grep :25 and you > > have an output that listens only to > > 127.0.0.1:25 > > > > googling a bit will point you to materials that tells you how to allow > > sendmail to listen to multiple ip by editing the > > sendmai.mc file and using m4 sendmail.cm > /etc/<where-your-sendmail.cf > > resides> but still get the same result. > > > > then you need to edit a key file on SLES10 rc script! > > > > here is how its done on SLES boxes: > > vi /etc/init.d/rc3.d/<some-prefix-sendmail> > > > > locate the: SENDMAIL_ARGS="-O DaemonPortOptons=Addr=127.0.0.1 > > $SENDMAIL_ARGS" > > change it to: SENDMAIL_ARGS="-O DaemonPortOptons= $SENDMAIL_ARGS" > > > > restart the rc-script # ./<some-prefix-sendmail> restart > > > > issue the command # netstat -ant | grep :25 voila.....now you are in > > business > > 0.0.0.0:25 > > > > with Debian and Ubuntu this is not an issue....in any case Debian for me > > shines..... > > > > cheers! > > > > > > -- > > Ronald Allan V. Tomimbang > > Computer Center Administration / Unix > > Office of Information Systems and Technology > > Asian Development Bank > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > mobile: 0922-8158229 > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ sometimes truth is stranger than fiction -bad religion- http://www.bloglines.com/blog/mailist ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't think the computers will take over the world. I have a bucket of water. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
