[CentOS] Apache wakes-up inactive Exim

Mon Sep 29 18:44:28 UTC 2014
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

Always Learning wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-09-29 at 10:49 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Always Learning <centos at u62.u22.net>
>> wrote:
<snip>
>> > Thanks. I learned something new today.
>>
>> Not exactly... Applications that pipe to the sendmail command line
>> program to send messages go back to the dawn of email.   MTAs that
>> replace the 'real' sendmail pretty much have to provide that
>> functionality.
>
> Yes I did learn something new.
>
> I started to use Linux, Centos, in desperation to rid myself of Windoze.
> I plunged-in, never learned the theory because of inadequate time. Hence
> I am Always Learning and never falling to be impressed, continuously
> delighted to be rid of M$ and wishing I have ventured into Linux 10+
> years earlier than I did.

A *very* strong recommendation: find a copy of Frisch's Essential Systems
Administration, published by O'Reilly. Some of it's out of date, some more
Unix than Linux... but read chapter 2, "The Unix Way". A *lot* will be a
lot clearer.

       mark "been shoving this at people for > 15 years"