Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:37:21 -0400 From: "Tamir Halperin" <tamir@brobus.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: zero sendmail Message-ID: <985DF46E87E0C047A3670048DBCAD055086903@andrew.brobus.net>
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There are many conversations about how to deal with sendmail in freebsd. I would love a definitive answer to how sendmail can be entirely removed from the system. Even not electing it as part of the system during configuration and installation still causes it to show up and, if I'm not mistaken, show up configured and running. The scenario I'm looking for is a set of steps to actually "remove" it from the system once the system is finally installed and configured. There have also been some conversations about sendmail being UNIX's default MTA and other MTA's being configured around sendmail's configuration and commands for running it. As someone new to UNIX, this sounds like an issue that should probably be addressed IMHO. I'm not complaining about this but it does seem to sound as though FreeBSD and other Unices are almost prefering sendmail over others. Is it the case that UNIX doesn't run properly without an installed and configured MTA? Again, I'm asking because I don't know. My suggestion would be that FreeBSD have a standards-based facility for handling MTA functionality that an installer can configure or elect not to configure at the time of installation. Often times, a decision about which MTA to use requires quite a bit more deliberation than can be demanded of the OS installation procedure. The choice should be given to delay until such time as the deliberating parties can attend to the decisioning process. What say you? Tamir --- Valeris: "Why keep it in your quarters?" Spock: "It is a reminder to me that all things end." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehome | help
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