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Date:      Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:54:51 +0300
From:      "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        "Spork Admin" <admin@spork.spods.co.uk>, <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: mail.local
Message-ID:  <NEBBKKFCGLCOKOEIADGKEEOICAAA.keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007241241550.1798-100000@spork.spods.co.uk>

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> 
> Can anyone tell me what calls mail.local at bootup time?  I'm using
> FreeBSD 4.1-RC and wish to change the local mailer for procmail.
> It won't let me touch mail.local, I can only assume because it is in use.

mail.local is called by the `local' mailer of sendmail.
you can recofigure your sendmail to use procmail instead of mail.local
for the local delivery agent.

see the following features of sendmail's master-config file:

	FEATURE(local_procmail)
	MAILER(procmail)

> Also, can anyone suggest if I should simply mv mail.local, and symlink it
> to procmail, or should I actually change whatever it is that calls
> mail.local at bootup.

no need to mess with things like that.
you can simple reconfigure your sendmail
to use procmail as the local delivery agent.

help

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