On 8/17/06, Eric Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is postfix's sendmail distinct from sendmail ;-P?
Postfix's 'sendmail' is a drop in replacement for sendmail so that older applications can simply call 'sendmail' and get the MTA.
> If you want to use Postfix, here's what you need to do: Thank you for the info. Your informative e-mail is now filed in my list of 'must keeps' for future reference. At the moment, sendmail seems to be chugging along, and I think that it's "locked down" to prevent access as an open relay.
This is the default for most MTA's as far as I know, certainly for Postfix. By default, Postfix relays for localhost only unless you explicity tell it not to. From main.cf: # By default, Postfix relays mail # - from "trusted" clients (IP address matches $mynetworks) to any destination, # - from "untrusted" clients to destinations that match $relay_domains or # subdomains thereof, except addresses with sender-specified routing. # The default relay_domains value is $mydestination. Postfix has a better security record that Sendmail, mostly because the configuration is far easier for mere humans to understand (and that Postfix is much younger, built with security in mind, sendmail was written back in the day when you could rlogin to another host and it would trust you by IP or other such silliness - a different era). Cheers, Chris _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
