FreeBSD-Update + Sendmail

[Matthew Seaman]

On 06/08/2013 22:28, Thomas Laus wrote:
> I like the 'sendmail from ports' suggestion a little better.  Going this 
> route, I only need to make configuration changes to /etc/mail/mailer.conf 
> once.  All subsequent freebsd-update operations won't require rebuilding 
> sendmail and it's tools.  Any updates to the port version are covered by the 
> normal port update system.  Future updates to the port version only require a 
> 'make restart' in the /etc/mail directory after reviewing my .mc file for any 
> affected changes.

If you're using the ports version of sendmail, a handy tip is to add
this to /etc/make.conf:

SENDMAIL_CF_DIR=        /usr/local/share/sendmail/cf
MAKEMAP=                /usr/local/sbin/makemap

so you use a version of the sendmail M4 config bits that matches the
sendmail binary you're running, and you can use /etc/mail/Makefile to
generate and install the configs exactly as if you were using the base
system sendmail.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil.
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