From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 11:45:54 2003 Return-Path: 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 D06F137B408 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 11:45:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from catflap.home.slightlystrange.org (pc1-cmbg1-4-cust43.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [62.253.133.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A145643F75 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 11:45:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@slightlystrange.org) Received: from danielby by catflap.home.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19GNl2-0006Lx-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 May 2003 19:47:12 +0100 Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 19:47:12 +0100 From: Daniel Bye To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030515184712.GA98835@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030515193316.45b5f781.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> <2474.216.222.104.2.1053021373.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2474.216.222.104.2.1053021373.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Scanner: exiscan *19GNl2-0006Lx-00*Abl6j2htXQ.* (SlightlyStrange.org, Using NOD32 http://www.nod32.com) Subject: Re: E-mail Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: dan@slightlystrange.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 18:45:55 -0000 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 / \