Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!bionet!uwm.edu!archimedes.math.uwm.edu From: jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu (Joe Greco) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: sendmail from inetd? Message-ID: <8653@uwm.edu> Date: 3 Jan 91 06:18:24 GMT Sender: news@uwm.edu Organization: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Department of Mathematics Lines: 36 I was wondering if anybody has tried the following: Can sendmail be run from inetd? sendmail has the option to run SMTP on stdin/out, and if possible, I'd like to run it that way instead of "-bd". Sendmail: v5.65 (mx, no IDA). System: IBM 6152 RT's running a modified AOS4.3 (very close to BSD) Why: The 6152's have 4Mb of RAM and perhaps 8Mb of swap. I am trying to optimize the little critters to run X11, which requires massive amounts of memory. The zone in which they reside will have MX records pointing to a centralized mail server. Ideally, sendmail would never be used, so it shouldn't matter. However, this is the Real World and we have too many mailers around that don't know about MX records. I don't want to lose the mail-receiving capability of the 6152's, because of this. I realize that I'd also probably have to put in a cron job to run the mail queue every couple of hours. All machines in question are on the Internet. Has anybody done anything like this? Do any of the sendmail gurus see any reason why this would not work, or any other pitfalls / problems? Any comments at all? ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Department of Mathematics jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu USnail: Joe Greco Voice: 414/321-6184 9905 W. Montana Ave. Data: 414/321-9287 (Happy Hacker's BBS) West Allis, WI 53227-3329 ICBM: 43 05 20 N 87 53 10 W #include Disclaimer: I don't speak for the Math Department, the University, or myself.