On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 07:15:43PM -0500, John Thompson wrote: > James Kosin wrote: > > >| I am usin sendmail as an smtp server > >| is there away to start up sendmail ( & start down ) > >| only when I send emails > >| > >| thanks > > >You don't need sendmail to send mail. Sendmail allows others to send > >email to your computer (in most cases this is not wanted). > > > >Luckily, by default, sendmail is fairly secure. But, if you are NOT > >RUNNING an email server, you do not need this service for any reason. > > You might want it for local delivery of e.g. root's messages to your > regular user account. FWIW, Procmail can be used for local delivery. -- T o m M i t c h e l l Me, I would "Rather" Not.
