Re: E-mail Server

From: Daniel Bye (dan_at_slightlystrange.org)
Date: 05/15/03

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    Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 19:47:12 +0100
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    On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 11:56:13AM -0600, massey@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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