Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:50:40 -0500 From: Joe Halpin <j.p.h@comcast.net> To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD without sendmail Message-ID: <40788850.9000607@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <40788074.7020102@daleco.biz> References: <407853DA.2090706@comcast.net> <DE491CE5-8B2E-11D8-B65B-000A95B96FF8@ee.ryerson.ca> <40785FB9.6020008@comcast.net> <40788074.7020102@daleco.biz>
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Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > Joe Halpin wrote: > >> David Magda wrote: >> >>> On Apr 10, 2004, at 16:06, Joe Halpin wrote: >>> >>>> Is it possible to install FreeBSD without sendmail? My machines are >>>> behind a NAT firewall and don't >>> >>> No. A mailer is needed for various system functions (e.g., mailing of >>> cron results) and sendmail is currently the default one (though you >>> can install others from Ports). >> >> Sorry I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't asking to not have it on the >> system, only not running and accepting inbound connections. >> >>>> have a domain name. Every time I install I have to wait for sendmail >>>> to timeout looking for its domain name. >>> >>> Look in /etc/defaults/rc.conf for settings on sendmail(8). If you >>> want to completely disable it set the following in /etc/rc.conf: >>> >>> sendmail_enable="NONE" >> >> That's what I do every time I install. I was hoping there's some way >> to configure it that way during the install. > > Try setting NO_SENDMAIL="TRUE" in /etc/make.conf ?? How do I do that during an installation? Doesn't sound like sendmail can be disabled during an installation. Joe
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