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From: rad@puffin.uss.tek.com (Richard Doty)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: sendmail from inetd?
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Date: 11 Jan 91 00:14:27 GMT
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To run sendmail from inetd, add this to inetd.conf:

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

The one deficiency I am aware of is that the load average sensing
built into sendmail is partially defeated because inetd always
accepts connections; if the load average is too high sendmail will
be started and then just decide not to accept the connection.

Richard.
rad@puffin.uss.tek.com