Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 19:47:12 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: E-mail Server Message-ID: <20030515184712.GA98835@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <2474.216.222.104.2.1053021373.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net> References: <EB45717E-86F9-11D7-8B79-00039345F4BA@mail13.webintl.com> <20030515193316.45b5f781.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> <2474.216.222.104.2.1053021373.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net>
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On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:56:13AM -0600, massey@rmci.net wrote: > Currently I have Sendmail just sending alerts via the log files but not > sending in/out e-mail. > > Can I setup Qmail or Postfix and use them for my Domain name and still > have Sendmail do the other job?? No need - if you install another SMTP server package, it can just as happily do what sendmail currently does. > If not how do I change the defaults to use say Qmail rather than Sendmail. A few things need to be done - in /etc/rc.conf, set sendmail_enable="NONE", to stop the system starting sendmail at boot time; kill any sendmail processes that are still around; install and configure the SMTP server of your choice; edit /etc/mail/mailer.conf so that anything that wants to use SMTP services gets pointed at the right binaries. See man mailwrapper for more details about /etc/mail/mailer.conf and what it can do for you. Be aware, though, that not all sendmail-like interfaces are equal - you may need to tweak certain other things on the system to get the new SMTP server to play nicely in all its guises - it's well worth the effort, though, if like me, you find reading the sendmail config file makes you feel your grip on reality is deserting you ;-) Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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