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From: huntting@csn.org
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: sendmail from inetd?
Message-ID: <1991Jan3.205338.9265@csn.org>
Date: 3 Jan 91 20:53:38 GMT
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Sender: huntting@csn.org (Brad Huntting)
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jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu (Joe Greco) writes:

>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".

I use this:

	smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lib/sendmail sendmail -bs

It works, but I don't know how if it's as secure as -bd.

>Sendmail: v5.65 (mx, no IDA).

No IDA?  Why, than's unamerican! :-)

brad
	huntting@boulder.colorado.edu
	huntting@csn.org