removing base system software, part 2

[Tom]

hi all,

i followed the procedure in the handbook for the make buildworld/installworld 
after editing make.conf.  everything worked fine.

however, sendmail is still present on the system, as are other utilities like 
telnet.  disabling them is not a problem;  i want them to be removed safely.

pkg_* utilities are not used to do this.  i have no packages installed except 
for the man pages ( on top of the base system installation ).  how do i 
control what the base system installs?

thanks,

tom