just disable it
chkconfig --del sendmail
On Fri, 12 May 2006 11:34:35 +1200
Andrew Packer wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 06:14 +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote:
>
> {detailed advice which I have saved}
>
> >
> > Good Luck!
> >
> > Steve
> > PS. I hope ABC.DEF is either 192.168 or 10.0 - these are non-routable
> > addresses, and are not important. When giving examples like this it is
> > common to define your IP addresses as 192.168.x.y, as it signifys this, as
> > well as anonymising your network.
> >
>
>
> Yes, ABC.DEF is 192.168. The network lies behind a hardware firewall,
> and I don't run any kind of server other than NFS and ssh - at least I
> didn't until I set up logcabin, and I didn't intend to.
>
> What you've made me realise is that I shouldn't be running sendmail at
> all.
>
> Now to get rid of it. Trying to uninstall the entire "mail server"
> category via the FC4/Gnome Add/Remove Applications
> [system-config-packages] function is failing because, the application
> says, Evolution needs spamassassin; a few other seemingly nonsensical
> requirements are listed.
>
> Note to self: must become more familiar with yum.
>
> Ta to all for assistance - I'll be back with more questions. Off to
> Windows for the next couple of hours (Minitab required for my statistics
> papers).
>
> =====Andrew
> >
> >
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Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
