On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've gotta question, which may seem very dumb for some of you, but I really > need to know. > > How do I set up mail in FreeBSD that it uses an external mail-server? In my > case I need to send the messages that will send my cron and some apps. But > our Systemadministrator will does not allow me to use the FreeBSD with sendmail > as server, he says that I have to use our M$ Exchange as mail server. > > Thank you very much in advance and sorry for the dumb question.
Put the following lines in /etc/rc.conf: sendmail_enable="NO" sendmail_submit_enable="YES" FreeBSD will then run a sendmail daemon listening on the loopback interface for mail submission only. This sendmail process will not be visible from external hosts and will not receive any mail. Regards Konrad Heuer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
