Re: Recpmmended Sendmail resources?
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> Is it just me, or does sendmail.org really suck? Especially in terms of up to
> date information?
Did you look at the FAQ, or looked in the /usr/share/doc/sendmail-doc/cf.README.gz ?
> I can think of a few questions that I can never seem to easily find the answer
> to, like:
>
> how to change the banner that Sendmail spits out
define(`confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG', `$?{if_name}${if_name}$|$j$. Debian Sendmail $v/$Z; $b (No UCE/UBE) $?{client_addr}logging access from: ${client_name}(${client_resolve})-$_$.')dnl
If you want security through obscurity, you'll also want to change a line
in /etc/mail/helpfile:
smtp This is sendmail version $v
> how to make it listen on only one interface
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Addr=<>, Name=MTA-v4, Family=inet')dnl
> how to disable the VRFY and EXPN commands
define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS',
`needmailhelo,needexpnhelo,needvrfyhelo,restrictqrun,restrictexpand,nobodyreturn,authwarnings')dnl
> for example.
Examples above assume sendmail 8.12.0.Beta<xx>
> Is there a better, more up to date resource than sendmail.[org|net|com] or
> should I continue to Google the net for answers?
The FAQ, and files in /usr/share/doc/sendmail-doc, comp.mail.sendmail
newsgroup, this list, and me (when I'm about, and often lately, I'm not).
--
Rick Nelson
<dark> "Hey, I'm from this project called Debian... have you heard of it?
Your name seems to be on a bunch of our stuff."
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