From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 4 18: 4: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4F6637B400 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 18:03:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (user38.net339.fl.sprint-hsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E708443E42 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 18:03:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8513skv064061 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:03:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g8513sWH064060 for stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:03:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:03:54 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removing sendmail Message-ID: <20020905010354.GC63654@wjv.com> Reply-To: bv@wjv.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 14:20 , Men gasped, women fainted, and small children were reduced to tears as stable-digest confessed to all: > Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 13:00:52 -0700 > From: Gregory Neil Shapiro > Subject: Re: Removing sendmail > > >> This will of course break your system.. No more periodic reports > >> (daily security reports), no more cron mail, no more user mail, etc. > haering_linux> Not if you install a different MTA like Postfix instead. > He was removing /usr/bin/mail and mailx. That really would would break things wouldn't it. Why is it that so often people just start wholesale deleting things without checking appropriate places. apropos mail should point out to the observant eye several things to check and reach the desired results without breaking things. Reading docs pointed out /usr/sbin/sendmail is a link to /usr/sbin/mailwrapper. The /etc/mail/mailer.conf describes how to use this so that you tell the systemexactly what programs to run when you call sendmail. Take a look at that and it should fix the problems. IOW using the name 'sendmail' can invoke other programs instead of the real sendmail. On top of that if you really don't want sendmail at all, then in /etc/make.conf put in the NO_SENDMAIL=NO directive. Man make.conf will clue you in on that. The system really is quite configurable with the tools built in without having to rip out directories wholesale and then wonder what you have to put back to make it work again. Use the docs Luke. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message