Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 18:25:42 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Michael Wardle <michael@endbracket.net>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/35371: /etc/rc virecover script starts sendmail even if sendmail should be off Message-ID: <20020228182542.G456@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <20020228081811.I66092@blossom.cjclark.org>; from cjc@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:18:11AM -0800 References: <200202281020.g1SAK2R65822@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020228081811.I66092@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:18:11AM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 02:20:02AM -0800, Michael Wardle wrote:
> [snip]
>
> > 1) shouldn't we test to see if sendmail is installed before calling it?
>
> sendmail(8) always exists in a standard FreeBSD system.
>
> > 2) shouldn't it be possible to disable calling "sendmail" (particularly
> > if ${sendmail_enable} is NO)?
>
> Not if you want email to work at all.
>
> > 3) is there any reason why we shouldn't call "mail" instead of
> > "sendmail"?
>
> mail(1) invokes sendmail(8) too.
[snip other answers]
I think that Michael made it clear in his reply to my reply
to his message that you replied to (ouch! :) that his confusion
stemmed mainly from the fact that he was not aware of sendmail(8)'s
schizophrenia :P That is, he did not know that sendmail(8) could
act as an MUA and/or MSA besides its normal functioning as an MTA.
Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org
PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc
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This sentence no verb.
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