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> I have found that my /var dir is filling up with logs caused by sendmail. I 
> have no desire to use sendmail at the moment, and would like to turn it off 
> completely (including logs).
> How might i do this. Presently, I have the following line in my rc.conffile.
> sendmail_enable="NONE"

That's the way to do it.

Now if you want to avoid any log, you must make sure you are not
trying to send any email either, that is no cron, no periodic, no
nothing. Because all these do send result by email, which means
sendmail by default.

Bests,

Olivier