Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:25:22 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I remove sendmail permanently Message-ID: <20011109162522.H35710@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20011109160420.01f3bec0@pop.ozemail.com.au>; from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au on Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 04:06:09PM %2B1100 References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011109160420.01f3bec0@pop.ozemail.com.au>
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On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 04:06:09PM +1100, Rob B wrote: > Does anyone have any pointers on how to replace sendmail with Postfix ... > for good? See the ports-collection, if you install postfix from there it tells you exactly what to do. > I have built and installed Postfix from ports, and run the make && make > install && make replace scripts, but if I upgrade, won't sendmail get > rebuilt and stomp over Postfix? Yes and no... Sendmail will be rebuild, but it will not be enabled. This is because /usr/sbin/sendmail is a symlink to mailwrapper. If you read the manpage of mailwrapper, you will see how it works and why it works. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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