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Vladimir Dronnikov dronnikov at gmail.com
Thu Mar 5 06:53:54 UTC 2009


Hi!

>> > Is it possible to use port 465? Port 25 sometimes is blocked by ISPs.
>> The port here is processed by openssl. I think nothing makes 465 unusable...
> I meant "can you give me a working example?"

465 fails. Wonder what listener they put to listen to 465? This subj
has to be googled...

> I am trying to document the usage of -H in the help text,
> as it currently does not exist.

Frank just seems the second person who started to use BB sendmail with
@gmail.com :)

>> > Why username/password is passed through fd 4?
> Why do you use fd #4? Why not at least #3? Is it already taken by something?

#3 is dup of the initial stdin, since stdin is redirected to read from
the network. So #3 is used to read message body.

> I am going to fix it up...
> Let me know if you spot any problems.

AFAIKS, works fine.

Best regards,
--
Vladimir


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