Re: How to SMTP (Email) Server Fedora 6?

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Les Mikesell wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> 
>> I would suspect that most people don't make use of sendmail, nor even
>> need to.  They'll use a mail client, and configure it to use their ISP's
>> SMTP server while setting up the rest of the POP or IMAP settings.
> 
> Someone has to be on the receiving end.
> 
But not every machine. So why accept incoming mail connections on a
machine that is not a mail server? That is like saying every machine
should run a WEB server, because someone has to be on the sending
end for WEB pages. (Didn't MS do something like that - run a WEB
server by default, even if the machine was not a WEB server?)

>> Those keen on running a local server will need to customize theirs, and
>> know how to do.  Just the same as running any other public server (HTTP,
>> FTP, or whatever else).
> 
> Yes, just the same.  I'd be equally concerned if RH/fedora shipped
> config files for httpd/ftpd/samba, etc/ that kept them from accepting
> network connections in an obscure way.
> 
Well, there is the small difference that they do not start those
services by default. Because cron and some of the default cron jobs
need a mail server, Sendmail is run by default. So it needs to be
locked down as much as possible by default.

Mikkel
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for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!


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