Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:32:19 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Matt Singerman <matt.singerman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail/postfix ports question Message-ID: <20051006153219.GB8056@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: <54682af50510060816p186b865awfeb711995bd7609@mail.gmail.com> References: <54682af50510060816p186b865awfeb711995bd7609@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 11:16:50AM -0400, Matt Singerman wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a server running FreeBSD 5.2.1 that provides (amongst other > things) MTA services to our office via sendmail. For a variety of a > reasons, I would like to move away from sendmail to postfix. However, > the postfix package cannot, as I am sure you know, simply install with > sendmail on the system, since they install files to the same places. I > am assuming that I have to delete the sendmail package off the system > before I can install postfix (someone please correct me if this > assumption is wrong). My question is, is there a way to safely and > accurately save my sendmail configuration in the event that postfix > simply does not work out? I would really prefer not to have to face a > situation where I am left high and dry with no MTA working :) Install postfix from ports. It does NOT install files to the same place as sendmail with the optional exception of /etc/mail/mail.conf which provides redirects to the postfix versions. Also read what postfix says during installation. Needs a bit of info added to /etc/rc.conf. Add "NO_SENDMAIL=1" (just define it) to /etc/make.conf and a "make buildworld" will not build sendmail. Not certain how to surely remove sendmail once its installed. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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