From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 6 15:32:21 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C5F16A420 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:32:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: from smtp.knology.net (smtp.knology.net [24.214.63.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3CD6943D75 for ; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:32:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dkelly@Grumpy.DynDNS.org) Received: (qmail 1893 invoked by uid 0); 6 Oct 2005 15:32:19 -0000 Received: from user-69-73-60-132.knology.net (HELO Grumpy.DynDNS.org) (69.73.60.132) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 6 Oct 2005 15:32:19 -0000 Received: by Grumpy.DynDNS.org (Postfix, from userid 928) id 9A5FC6974; Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:32:19 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:32:19 -0500 From: David Kelly To: Matt Singerman Message-ID: <20051006153219.GB8056@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <54682af50510060816p186b865awfeb711995bd7609@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54682af50510060816p186b865awfeb711995bd7609@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail/postfix ports question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:32:22 -0000 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.