Configure Exim/Sendmail on FreeBSD
gagan_grewal at vsnl.net
gagan_grewal at vsnl.net
Thu Jun 5 09:21:44 PDT 2003
Hi FreeBSD ppl :)
I am new entry into this mailing list ...
Have been a Linux user since '98 and now am trying FreeBSD too.
(Hope I didn't step on any Flames ?)
Well ... I am having trouble configuring Exim/Sendmail on FreeBSD
My Config...
- FreeBSD 4.7 RELEASE
- Exim-3.x
- Mutt 1.4i
- Dial-up internet connectivity
The trouble with sendmail ...
The output queue is being created in /var/spool/clientmqueue instead
of /var/spool/mqueue.
In Linux I simply disabled sendmail from starting up during init, and
queued up mail using Mutt in /var/spool/mqueue and when was connected
I simply invoked sendmail as 'sendmail -q' ... that did the job.
But things are different in FreeBSD ... plz guide me on how to setup sendmail.
If not sendmail then how to setup Exim ... Exim is a breeze on Debian Potato ... but mostly due to 'eximconfig'
I tried the BAD WAY of copying /etc/exim.conf from Debian into
/usr/local/etc/exim/configure on FreeBSD ...
Well it started up fine ... but while using fetchmail ... the incoming
mail instead of getting delivered is getting queued up in
/var/spool/exim/input ... :(
Is 'eximconfig' or equivalent available for FreeBSD ... if not then
what needs to be done ?
I did try googling and found some solutions too, but didn't work !!!
Whew !!! what a newbie this :(
Thanks in advance ...
Regards,
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