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Date:      Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:17:08 -0500
From:      "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        Joe Halpin <j.p.h@comcast.net>
Cc:        David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca>
Subject:   Re: Installing FreeBSD without sendmail
Message-ID:  <40788074.7020102@daleco.biz>
In-Reply-To: <40785FB9.6020008@comcast.net>
References:  <407853DA.2090706@comcast.net> <DE491CE5-8B2E-11D8-B65B-000A95B96FF8@ee.ryerson.ca> <40785FB9.6020008@comcast.net>

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Joe Halpin wrote:

> David Magda wrote:
>
>>
>> On Apr 10, 2004, at 16:06, Joe Halpin wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to install FreeBSD without sendmail? My machines are 
>>> behind a NAT firewall and don't
>>
>>
>> No. A mailer is needed for various system functions (e.g., mailing of 
>> cron results) and sendmail is currently the default one (though you 
>> can install others from Ports).
>
>
> Sorry I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't asking to not have it on the 
> system, only not running and accepting inbound connections.
>
>>> have a domain name. Every time I install I have to wait for sendmail 
>>> to timeout looking for its domain name.
>>
>>
>> Look in /etc/defaults/rc.conf for settings on sendmail(8). If you 
>> want to completely disable it set the following in /etc/rc.conf:
>>
>> sendmail_enable="NONE"
>
>
> That's what I do every time I install. I was hoping there's some way 
> to configure it that way during the install.
>
> Joe


Try setting NO_SENDMAIL="TRUE" in /etc/make.conf ??

Kevin Kinsey



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