E-mail Server

[massey at rmci.net]

Thanks! Postfix is now up and running everything :-)



M;\)


> On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:56:13AM -0600, massey at 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
>
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