From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 23:11:52 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5FB516A417 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:11:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.203]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 659FB13C494 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:11:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 8022 invoked from network); 2 Oct 2007 23:11:51 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:In-Reply-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer; b=BHhmZyaErVli3/3of2yhcf52qExTAid0rPZRqsoXrmD0hcBLqCba3O9+V1bwrzxW6EuQEdGGSUzHAj7owqwhLnIq/+/hFsMhqz4Vi2pJZcuxc+T8wDIxJ0rd+go6RFs1NAW2eXYxHCfwXoCuUo1DHdbMQ9NUpxRm9rHGk33krtk= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Oct 2007 23:11:50 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4701B3D3.5050505@gracenpeace.net> References: <33ab8f5a4dac86879f81a1c39d757b08@prodigy.net> <4701B3D3.5050505@gracenpeace.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <7d01f02b6ddc1b1ff9c710db3f699dbd@prodigy.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:12:32 -0700 To: Joe in MPLS X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: question about Postfix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:11:52 -0000 On Oct 1, 2007, at 7:58 PM, Joe in MPLS wrote: > > > jekillen wrote: > >> Hello; >> I have a quick question about Postfix. >> When I install Free BSD and have it >> include Postfix from packages, does >> the install process completely replace >> Sendmail with Postfix, or do I still have >> to replace Sendmail with Postfix separately? >> Thanks in advance >> Jeff K > > The package install of postfix does nothing to sendmail. It's not like > the MTA switch utility found in some linux distros. Just turn off the > various bits of sendmail in /etc/rc.conf and start postfix. > > ...jgm > > > > > > Postfix does include an executable named "sendmail" that directly > replaces some of the "old" sendmail capability. This is what is confusing me some. I have a text from SAMS on Postfix and it talks about renaming several sendmail related files and removing the suid permissions on them. Because both Sendmail and Postfix are extensive systems, getting all the cogs and gears together looks like a real challenge to me. Thanks for the info; much appreciated Jeff K (not looking to spam anyone, just set up a mail servers to service several domains)