Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:57:03 +0200 From: Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andreas_Wider=F8e_Andersen?= <wodfer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reinstalling Sendmail? Message-ID: <44E0650F.4040908@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <23ed14b80608131207m3546850agbadbe8e1d8a31002@mail.gmail.com> References: <23ed14b80608100433r63748457hf23763a6d42094aa@mail.gmail.com> <44DB1E39.8030402@gmx.net> <23ed14b80608131207m3546850agbadbe8e1d8a31002@mail.gmail.com>
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Andreas Widerĝe Andersen wrote: > On 8/10/06, *Frank Staals* <frankstaals@gmx.net > <mailto:frankstaals@gmx.net>> wrote: > > You can recompile sendmail, you'll have to have the kernel sources > installed though: > > # cd /usr/src/lib/libsm; make clean; make obj; make depend; make > # cd /usr/src/lib/libsmutil; make clean; make obj; make depend; make > # cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail; make clean; make obj; make > depend; make; make install > > you might want to read Jonathan Horne's page about configuring > sendmail ( among other services ) : > http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org/index.php/Deploying_a_FreeBSD_Server#Configuring_Mail_Services > > > Thanks! > Nice tutorial. > > I have dowloaded all sources from cvs to my system. Should I delete > some old sources/working dirs/etc from when I've installed software > before or from when I built world and kernel? > > I guess they're under /usr/src somewhere. > > Just worried about some old files with wrong config that might screw > this up. > > Thanks, > Andreas The only things comming to mind are cleaning /usr/src/obj and ( at least that is what I did ) backupping your <HOSTNAME>.* files in /etc/mail. Then I removed the <HOSTNAME>.* files and when I recompiled sendmail made new configs ( run 'make all' in /etc/mail ). You can copy particular settings from your old <HOSTNAME>.mc file. This way you have a clean start :) Good luck, -- -Frank Staals
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