Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract forComcast users
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > Just configure sendmail for local submission only (see the docs on rc.conf > and the new configuratin options for sendmail) That is NOT in breach of > your contract since sendmail is NOT running as a daemon at that point. Actually, it *is* running as a daemon. Specifically, it's running a queue browser to deliver stalled mail from the queue every 30 minutes - at least, that's how defaults/rc.conf sets things up. > If you're worried about false accusations ... running sendmail in local > submission mode will not expose an SMTP port to the network, nor will > it look any different when it delivers than any other mail sending program. > Just make sure to configure smart host to send to your ISPs mail gateway. Sendmail (used to?) open a port for "local submissions" when run in submit mode. If his ISP does generic port scans, they may pick that up. You may be able to disable it in sendmail, and you can certainly block it with your firewall of choice. The third alternatve is to install a mail system that doesn't have a local port in submit-only mode. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract forComcast users
Christopher Nehren wrote: I'm running FreeBSD as the only operating system on my home machine, using Comcast non-professional as my ISP. My problem is that send-pr is written to use a local mail daemon to send mail to the GNATS submission site. Running a mail daemon, however, is strictly and expressly prohibited by Comcast's Terms of Service. Is there another way of submitting bug reports that doesn't require me to either breach my contract with my ISP, or manually copy and paste text for each report (yes, I've checked the web interface, which is 'currently disabled')? Just configure sendmail for local submission only (see the docs on rc.conf and the new configuratin options for sendmail) That is NOT in breach of your contract since sendmail is NOT running as a daemon at that point. If you're worried about false accusations ... running sendmail in local submission mode will not expose an SMTP port to the network, nor will it look any different when it delivers than any other mail sending program. Just make sure to configure smart host to send to your ISPs mail gateway. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract forComcast users
At 2003-03-11T18:40:02Z, Christopher Nehren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've sent them an email asking about the smarthost setup -- the ball's in > their court now. > Thanks for the help, it's most appreciated. I will go out on a limb and assert as fact that running an outgoing mail queue is absolutely, positively not against their TOS. Note that running Sendmail in client-only mode and sending out email via that instance of sendmail is exactly identical to configuring your email client to connect directly to their servers. Both are outgoing SMTP connections, end of story. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: send-pr(1) requires local mail daemon, breach of contract forComcast users
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:54:02 -0500 Christopher Nehren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Howdy, > I'm running FreeBSD as the only operating system on my home machine, > using Comcast non-professional as my ISP. My problem is that send-pr > is written to use a local mail daemon to send mail to the GNATS > submission site. Running a mail daemon, however, is strictly and > expressly prohibited by Comcast's Terms of Service. Is there another > way of submitting bug reports that doesn't require me to either breach > my contract with my ISP, or manually copy and paste text for each > report(yes, I've checked the web interface, which is 'currently > disabled')? Maybe you can configure sendmail to use your ISP's SMTP server as smart host, would that still be against the contract? Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk Of course it runs NetBSD! Tired of Spam? -> http://www.trustic.com pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
