killing sendmail

[perfectly_dark]

I've been using a linux box for quite some time now as a server. It runs on the GUI all the time and stays on for weeks at a time. The thing is though, after it's been on a day or two, it gets VERY sluggish in the GUI. I've ran a few tests and sendmail is eating like over 50% of the CPU and I think it's constantly writing to the HD because the light is on ALL THE TIME. I don't use sendmail at all, the computer is just an internet gateway/firewall so sendmail is not needed. How can I stop sendmail and prevent it from starting up?

[mdwatts]

Use whatever service configuration utility included with your distro to disable sendmail from starting in whatever runlevel(s).

Some distros can use the commandline 'chkconfig'.

chkconfig --list

This will show you what is set to run on startup and at what run levels. Note the way that the names are listed here.

chkconfig --level 5 sendmail off

Most distros also have documentation on their sites that explain how to disable/enable services. :)

[perfectly_dark]

whoops, should have checked Red Hat...I'm an idiot :)
Thx!

[mdwatts]

Or you can use Webmin as I do to enable/disable services.

Webmin - System/Bootup & Shutdown