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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