Re: MSA / Mail Submission Agent (sendmail)

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Bostjan Skufca (at) domenca.com wrote:

> could someone please give me plain straightforward answer or point me to URI 
> where I can find out what is that MSA or Mail Submission Agent all about.

	ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2476.txt

> I've been seeking net for quite some time now and I still don't have any clue 
> what it actually does besides binding to port 587 (I am speaking of sendmail 
> ofcourse).

So far as sendmail is concerned, it's basically just a second port on
which to accept connections. However, you can specify different
DaemonPortOptions settings for each port. The default setup adds M=E
(which disables ETRN) for the MSA.

You can disable the MSA using FEATURE(no_default_msa).

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@xxxxxxxxxx>
-
: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

[Index of Archives]     [Linux Newbie]     [Audio]     [Hams]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Util Linux NG]     [Security]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux Device Drivers]     [Samba]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Git]     [Fedora Users]

  Powered by Linux