smtpd -n smtp -t inet -u -o stress=

May 21, 2013 3k views
poudenes
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Hello, I have a lot of these lines when i use htop to see all the processes: smtpd -n smtp -t inet -u -o stress= In total 33. What is this and what can i do with it. Or can i disable it. (Im not running a business)
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kamaln7 MOD May 21, 2013
These might be threads of one process.
It is probably postfix (http://www.postfix.org/smtpd.8.html). You shouldn't disable it if you want to send/receive mail from/to your droplet.
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poudenes May 21, 2013
thank you for the feedback !
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