Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.

Ruben de Groot mail25 at bzerk.org
Thu Apr 21 06:45:41 UTC 2011


On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 03:50:16PM -0400, Alejandro Imass typed:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Martin McCormick
> <martin at dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote:
> > ? ? ? ?The /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file very clearly tells one
> > not to edit it directly so I edited the
> 
> 
> Hey Martin, this might not be the exact answer you're looking for but
> I despise sendmail but *love* FreeBSD so here are my $0.02:
> 
> 
> 1) edit your /etc/rc.conf
> 
> sendmail_enable="NO"
> sendmail_submit_enable="NO"
> sendmail_outbound_enable="NO"
> sendmail_msp_queue_enable="NO"
> postfix_enable="YES"
> 
> 2) cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix
> make install clean

For crying out loud, he's asking a question about sendmail configuration.
If someone asks you directions to the airport, and you hate flying, do 
you point them to the railway station?

Ruben



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