From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 6 12:13:30 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 BF9E437B400 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:13:27 -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 09CC243E4A for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 12:13:27 -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 g86JDP7f061486 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:13:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g86JDPMw061485 for stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:13:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:13:25 -0400 From: Bill Vermillion To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Removing sendmail Message-ID: <20020906191325.GB61232@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 > Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 20:34:43 +0200 > From: Olivier Tharan > Subject: Re: Removing sendmail > * aSe (20020904 15:01): > > hmm yeah i didn't think about that.. i guess i'll leave it.. I had 'No' in > > the rc.conf didn't realize there was a difference between none and no.. > > thought it was a yes/no question :) > > /etc/defaults/rc.conf has a comment about it: > # Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail: > sendmail_enable="YES" # Run the sendmail inbound daemon (YES/NO/NONE). > # If NONE, don't start any sendmail processes. That small section in /detc/defaults/rc.conf only hints at what you can now do at run time. All the variable are documented. "man sendmail.rc" will give you information on 9 flags - so you can run sendmail in many modes - one of which it outbound only which could have some advantages and let your retreive inbound from elsewhere. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message