dik@uva.UUCP (Casper H.S. Dik) (01/28/89)
kodak!dennett@cs.rochester.edu (Charlie Dennett) writes: >I have a 3/260 and discless 3/60 running 4.0.1. I have a copy of the >document detailing several things that can be done to implement some >performance improvements and have some questions about the suggestions for >sendmail.... > >I tried several variations of the line in inetd.conf but nothing worked. >Can it be done and if so, what is the correct format for the entry in >inetd.conf? Must sendmail.cf be changed? Although I haven't tried this I think the following line in inetd.conf would do the trick: (from 4.3BSD, SunOS 4.0.1 might differ) smtp tcp stream nowait nobody /usr/lib/sendmail sendmail -bs [You say you have tried some, but don't tell which] Essentially this means: 'if somebody connects on port smtp/tcp run 'sendmail -bs'. The argument -bs makes sendmail talk smtp on the stream-connection. (Don't forget to kill -HUP inetd) One drawback: since you're not running a sendmail daemon, mail that cannot be delivered directly, will be queued locally. This can be fixed by adding a line which runs /usr/lib/sendmail -qv every day or hour. Casper H.S. Dik University of Amsterdam | dik@uva.uucp The Netherlands | ...!uunet!mcvax!uva!dik