Re: Sendmail: Do I need it running?
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Ekrem wrote: Hi people, I'm using FreeBSD on my standalone desktop PC. I use dialup for the internet and use Evolution as the email client, but the following 2 processes always running; sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) sendmail: Queue [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) Do they need to be running for things like daily/weekly cron jobs that send emails to root, or for any other purpose? No if you aren't using SMTP to receive email from outside your can disable these by putting sendmail_enable=no in /etc/rc.conf then just kill of the processes Rus -- w: http://www.jvds.com | Free Debian UNIX Shell Accounts e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.jvds.com/freeshells t: +44 7919 373537 | t: 1-888-327-6330 | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sendmail: Do I need it running?
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 02:00, Rus Foster wrote: On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Ekrem wrote: Hi people, I'm using FreeBSD on my standalone desktop PC. I use dialup for the internet and use Evolution as the email client, but the following 2 processes always running; sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) sendmail: Queue [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) Do they need to be running for things like daily/weekly cron jobs that send emails to root, or for any other purpose? No if you aren't using SMTP to receive email from outside your can disable these by putting sendmail_enable=no in /etc/rc.conf then just kill of the processes Rus Thanks for your reply. Actually, I am retrieving my emails from my ISP's SMTP server but I know I don't need to run sendmail to retrieve them. I did kill those 2 processes. I'm just too sure if it will have some impact on email notifications. Interestingly, I do have sendmail_enable=NO in my /etc/rc.conf file, yet sendmail continues to automatically start whenever I reboot. I might have to go learn more about auto-start processes. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sendmail: Do I need it running?
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:27:14 +1000 Ekrem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interestingly, I do have sendmail_enable=NO in my /etc/rc.conf file, yet sendmail continues to automatically start whenever I reboot. You need sendmail_enable=NONE if you want to disable it completely. -Chris ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sendmail: Do I need it running?
With the default configuration, this may disable sending mail from the command line (eg cron jobs). Have a look at /etc/defaults/rc.conf for the different sendmail_* variables, and read /etc/mail/README for more information on mail submission. - Original Message - From: Chris Pressey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Sendmail: Do I need it running? On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:27:14 +1000 Ekrem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interestingly, I do have sendmail_enable=NO in my /etc/rc.conf file, yet sendmail continues to automatically start whenever I reboot. You need sendmail_enable=NONE if you want to disable it completely. -Chris ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sendmail: Do I need it running?
Ekrem wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 02:00, Rus Foster wrote: On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Ekrem wrote: Hi people, I'm using FreeBSD on my standalone desktop PC. I use dialup for the internet and use Evolution as the email client, but the following 2 processes always running; sendmail: accepting connections (sendmail) sendmail: Queue [EMAIL PROTECTED]:30:00 for /var/spool/clientmqueue (sendmail) Do they need to be running for things like daily/weekly cron jobs that send emails to root, or for any other purpose? No if you aren't using SMTP to receive email from outside your can disable these by putting sendmail_enable=no in /etc/rc.conf then just kill of the processes Rus Thanks for your reply. Actually, I am retrieving my emails from my ISP's SMTP server but I know I don't need to run sendmail to retrieve them. I did kill those 2 processes. I'm just too sure if it will have some impact on email notifications. Interestingly, I do have sendmail_enable=NO in my /etc/rc.conf file, yet sendmail continues to automatically start whenever I reboot. I might have to go learn more about auto-start processes. To completely disable sendmail in #/etc/rc.conf use sendmail_enable=none Sendmail is used as the default mailer for cron. This only works if an email address is mapped to root in #/etc/aliases. -Ryan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
