Installing FreeBSD without sendmail

[Joe Halpin]

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