Subject: Re: sendmail 8.12.4 import (and changes)
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 06/26/2002 10:19:19
> (1) use smmsp uid/gid, and sendmail.cf + submit.cf.
that's fine.
> (2) have a queue runner run via /var/cron/tabs/root.
i prefer a separate daemon process, since a cron job can't be turned
off via rc.conf and executing "sendmail -Lsm-msp-queue -Ac -q" from
cron when the admin has switched to, eg, postfix, is almost
*guaranteed* to do the wrong thing.
> (3) don't think there's a need for running sendmail root. we'll
> think about rc.d/sendmail mods once there's needs.
fair enough.
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