In message <19990426193052.A13815@kofa.as.arizona.edu>, Tom Trebisky writes:
> 1) Figure out enough of sendmail.cf to figure out how to turn this
> off (this is one file in the world I was hoping I would never have
> to tangle with).

It's not *THAT* bad.

> 2) Install the sendmail 8.9.3 that I just FTP'd and make sure that
> it doesn't set itself up as an open mail relay.

It should be easy enough to disable it...

> 3) Decide whether to make unkind comments about finding myself in
> this situation in the first place.  Sendmail 8.9.x specifically
> seems to exist to address the mail relay problem.  Is every netbsd
> machine out there an open mail relay?  Have I just buggered my
> installation (by not fiddling with sendmail.cf at all ??)

8.8.5 can be secured; I believe there's a few sites with more info.
Try
	http://maps.vix.com/tsi/
which should have pointers to various anti-relay stuff.

> Any help or info would be appreciated, otherwise the default course
> for tomorrow AM is to look at sendmail 8.9.3.  Curiously enough,
> a linux box I have running Red Hat 5.2 runs sendmail 8.8.7,
> and it is not a mail relay .... maybe I can learn some tricks from
> it .... why is neither netbsd or linux "shipping" with 8.9.x??

I believe the licensing rules changed.

-s