SMTP service

[M. Tariq Ayub]

How can i stop smtp service in HP-UX 11i. What is the name of the configuration file.

[Steven E. Protter]

/etc/rc.config.d/mailservs

To stop daemon only set variable to 1.

/sbin/init.d/sendmail stop

the binary will still allow outbound mail.

If port 25 is exposed to the internet or a web server is running insecure cgi based mailforms the server can still be abused to send outbound mail.

SEP

[M. Tariq Ayub]

The value will be 0 not 1. Thanks for your help.

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Tariq,

SEP was in a way right. You will need to have it set to 1 before you can use /sbin/init.d/sendmail script. After running it set it to 0.

Or you can use /usr/sbin/killsm script to kill sendmail. If you intend to send mails out of the box, you don't need sendmail running but it is a good idea to invoke sendmail (sendmail -q) once in every 'x' minutes to flush out any mail sitting in queue.

-Sri

[Sir T S S]

try to first kill the sendmail
killsm

then edit /etc/rc.config.d/mailservs
modify the line export Sendmail_Server=0

0 - stop sendmail next startup.
1 enable sendmail