From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 2 0:35:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 001EF37B401 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 00:35:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DDA043E4A for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 00:35:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from lilith.bellavista.cz ([10.1.0.1]) by bellavista.cz (8.9.3/8.9.8) with ESMTP id JAA23333 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:35:41 +0100 Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by lilith.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A798628 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 10:33:57 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3BB4A2FDAE4; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:35:40 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 09:35:40 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail / Fetchmail / Procmail / Mozilla Message-ID: <20021202083540.GE86826@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3DEA0CB4.3030204@p6m7g8.com> <20021201184537.GD86826@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20021201200318.GA467@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021201200318.GA467@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i 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 # nkinkade@dsl-only.net / 2002-12-01 12:03:18 -0800: > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:45:37PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > > If I want to use fetchmail to snag email from say 4 different pop acounts > > > and then filter it with procmail and use mozilla to read it (which I've > > > read is trivial to do), what parts of sendmail (or any mta) must I > > > have running minimally on localhost. > > > > none. you don't need sendmail to accept mail through fetchmail (just > > have it store messages directly in your mailbox instead of pulling > > them through sendmail; you get an added bonus of preventing mail > > loops in case you manage to misconfigure either part), and you don't > > need sendmail to send mail from mozilla, as it has its own > > implementation of a smtp client, just like any other clickoid mail > > client (IOW, it bypasses the standard, which is passing the message > > to sendmail on the command line.) > > > > note however, that disabling sendmail completely will cripple your > > system in that you will no longer receive the valuable output from > > periodic(8) scripts, and possibly in other areas. > > > Why would disabling sendmail cripple all of the periodic scripts? Other > than those scripts that relate specifically to an MTA, which others > would be affected? where in the text you quoted did I say that disabling sendmail would cripple periodic(8) scripts? I said it would cripple the system in that root would no longer receive the output of the periodic scripts. > Also, if you have another MTA just edit /etc/mail/mailer.conf to point > to your new MTA, as the various invocations of sendmail are just > wrappers that use the mailer.conf file to determine exactly what they > should be executing. I recently left sendmail in favour of Exim. A > few tweaks to mailer.conf and one or two minor changes to a few of the > periodic scripts and everything is in order. I was speaking about sendmail, not Sendmail. This part of the message was specifically about having system with no *s*endmail. The latter half was about disabling {S,s}endmail. I run Postfix on all my machines, so I guess I'm quite aware *S*endmail is not exactly required. -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message