From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 8 21:25:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ED1C37B418 for ; Thu, 8 Nov 2001 21:25:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id D47CE2B6B3; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 06:25:34 +0100 (CET) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DC6875A7; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:25:22 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:25:22 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Rob B Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I remove sendmail permanently Message-ID: <20011109162522.H35710@k7.mavetju.org> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011109160420.01f3bec0@pop.ozemail.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i 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 +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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