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Date:      Fri, 9 Feb 2001 21:13:34 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "[gill]" <gill@topsecret.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sendmail -> qmail questions
Message-ID:  <14980.45534.861194.73366@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <81638171@toto.iv>

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[gill] <gill@topsecret.net> types:
> yeah, i'm on that list and I am installing qmail on my mailserver.  I am
> looking for opinions on what I should do with the mail agents on the other
> machines who will deliver occasional messages to the qmail box for
> relaying/delivery.

If they're up, working, and not exposed to the outside world, just
leave them be. Once you're familiar with qmail, change your default
install to be qmail instead of sendmail so they'll attrite away.

	<mike

> - ->> I am installing qmail on my mailserver and I have questions about what I
> - ->> should do on the other boxes in the network.  The other servers will send
> - ->> mail to root every night 
> 
> - ->The local boxes on your network - if all they are doing is running
> - ->sendmail for local deliveries and not relaying, it probably isn't
> - ->worth the time to convert.  As for your mailservers, I'd always
> - ->recommend qmail over sendmail.
> 
> - --gill
> 
> 
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