Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 14:49:26 -0600 (MDT) From: <massey@rmci.net> To: <dan@slightlystrange.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: E-mail Server Message-ID: <1453.216.222.104.2.1053031766.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net> In-Reply-To: <20030515184712.GA98835@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> References: <EB45717E-86F9-11D7-8B79-00039345F4BA@mail13.webintl.com> <20030515193316.45b5f781.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> <2474.216.222.104.2.1053021373.squirrel@webmail.velocitus.net> <20030515184712.GA98835@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org>
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Thanks! Postfix is now up and running everything :-) M;\) > On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:56:13AM -0600, massey@rmci.net wrote: >> Currently I have Sendmail just sending alerts via the log files but >> not sending in/out e-mail. >> >> Can I setup Qmail or Postfix and use them for my Domain name and still >> have Sendmail do the other job?? > > No need - if you install another SMTP server package, it can just as > happily do what sendmail currently does. > >> If not how do I change the defaults to use say Qmail rather than >> Sendmail. > > A few things need to be done - > > in /etc/rc.conf, set sendmail_enable="NONE", to stop the system starting > sendmail at boot time; > > kill any sendmail processes that are still around; > > install and configure the SMTP server of your choice; > > edit /etc/mail/mailer.conf so that anything that wants to use SMTP > services gets pointed at the right binaries. See man mailwrapper for > more details about /etc/mail/mailer.conf and what it can do for you. > Be aware, though, that not all sendmail-like interfaces are equal - you > may need to tweak certain other things on the system to get the new SMTP > server to play nicely in all its guises - it's well worth the effort, > though, if like me, you find reading the sendmail config file makes you > feel your grip on reality is deserting you ;-) > > Dan > > -- > Daniel Bye > > PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc > PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC > _ > ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > - against HTML, vCards and X > - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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