--- Ben Beuchler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 07:46:52PM -0700, Al Sparks wrote:
>
> > Anyway, while on this thread it has occurred to me to ask why put qmail
> > in either inetd or tcpserver? Why not run it as a daemon? At the
> > moment my test box is running it in inetd because I did a quick
> > cookbook install. I didn't see anything, off hand anyway, that told me
> > how to do that. Coming from the sendmail world, that would be my
> > initial preference (especially since the box would be dedicated to
> > email anyway).
>
> I'm sure several people on this list could explain why that is a bad
> idea and why DJB chose not to design it that way, but I'll give you the
> easy anser: Because you can't. It won't listen to a port all by
> itself. tcpserver creates the connection and then passes it off to
> qmail-smtpd.
>
> Ben
>
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> Ben Beuchler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Well, that's actually a good enough reason for me, at least at this stage.
Thanks.
=== Al
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