[buug] Learning to cut and paste

[Alex M]

Is it a typo there? sendmain?
What packet filtering software are you using? Perhaps the rule is
incorrectly set up.

Another reason for such behavior might be that it is one of the users on the
local machine trying to send mail outside.

Regards,
Alex M.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Honeycutt" <wfhoney at pacbell.net>
To: <buug at weak.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 4:14 PM
Subject: [buug] Learning to cut and paste


> NOTE: Sorry, I should have proof read this before sending.  What I meant
> to say was:
>
>
> Before the catcalls start, let me say that I know that I shouldn't have
> sendmail running...that I should be using one of the many perfectly good
> substitutes.
>
> But in truth, I have it running on one machine.  I filter packets so
> that only
> localhost can connect, all others packets are rejected.  Imagine my
> surprise to see the following in my process status output:
>
> ps ax
>
> ... stuff deleted...
>
> 2896 ?     S  0:00 sendmain: ./g8G7DAJ26233 gateway4.worldnet.att.net:
>
>
> Yikes!!  All packets from both the localnet and DMZ are disallowed, so
> the question becomes, "has someone found an innovative way to use my
> sendmail daemon?"
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Bill
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