Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:31:21 -0800 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: zhangweiwu@realss.com Subject: Re: why do I need sendmail Message-ID: <20031220123121.525ad1db.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <00c701c3c736$0f38d4d0$0fce75d8@cybertime.net> References: <Law11-F353wBKIC3EHZ00056f9b@hotmail.com> <20031220102637.GB6942@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <00c701c3c736$0f38d4d0$0fce75d8@cybertime.net>
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:15:49 -0800 "Cybertime Hostmaster" <hostmaster@cybertime.net> wrote: > One thing to note in Matthew's reply: > > > that. However, automatic e-mails from your system -- usually from > > the periodic(8) scripts -- do require sendmail(8) or equivalent. > > Two words at the end, "or equivalent." > > You can run Courier, Exim, Mini Sendmail, Nullmailer, Postfix, Qmail, > ZMailer, so on and so forth. > > All have advantages and disadvantages. Personally, I use Postfix, but > that is because for my needs it is better. > > If you have trouble reducing sendmail down to your needs, look at the > documentation on the others. One of them might suit you better. > > Your mileage may vary, so on and so forth. FWIW, you can also cause periodic(8) to log to a file instead of sending mail, by adding lines like the following to /etc/periodic.conf: daily_output="/var/log/dialy.log" weekly_output="/var/log/weekly.log" monthly_output="/var/log/monthly.log" Not sure if this eliminates the need for a local mailer, but it's sure to be the first step down that road. I can't think of anything else that sends automated e-mails, offhand, but whatever does can probably be configured to write its output to a file instead, in a similar way. -Chris
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