Re: CVS commit: src

[Andrew Brown <atatat%atatdot.net@localhost>]

On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 07:30:47AM +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
>On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:47:18AM +0000, Andrew Brown wrote:
>> (3) The smtp listener starts by default, if needed.  The setting in
>>     /etc/default/rc.conf is still "no", but rc.d/sendmail detects the
>>     default setting and will change it to yes if need is determined.
>
>This change made sendmail run on all of my non-mail-server machines!

this was the intention.  without the listener, locally generated mail
won't get delivered.

>As soon as I upgraded them, without any warning. This is not acceptable, IMHO.

i'm not entirely sure i like it either, but the mail needs to go
through.

>Please back this out.

this is a catch 22.  either it starts and people get upset that it
starts, or it doesn't start and people get upset that no mail goes
through.  or do you have another solution?

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