On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 10:50:46PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 11:29:28AM -0700, John Beck wrote: > > First, thanks for the review! > > > > > > JBeck> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~jbeck/mailwrapper/ > > > > Danek> Could you talk a bit about how a second / different MTA would > > interact > > Danek> with mailwrapper? I'm a bit confused about how mailer.conf delivers > > Danek> sendmail-specific configuration, but the sendmail package delivers > > Danek> generic links to mailwrapper; that seems backwards to me. Plus I > > don't > > Danek> see how installing, say, postfix, would switch (or allow a switch) > > the > > Danek> system to the new MTA. > > > > You would install the second / different MTA wherever, then update > > mailer.conf > > to point to its installation. From the discussion that you, Bart and I had > > in > > your office just now, I will defer the following suggestions to Ceri (though > > I will note that I see your arguments for them and I don't have any > > arguments > > against them): > > > > * Perhaps the usr/lib/sendmail sym-link should be moved from SUNWsndmu to > > SUNWmailwrapper? > > * Perhaps etc/mail/mailer.conf should be changed to a sym-link with the > > default target being etc/mail/mailer.conf-sendmail (which would be > > provided > > by SUNWsndmr), and sendmail's start method script would be responsible for > > making sure the sym-link target was correct? Likewise, other MTAs would > > have their start method scripts change the sym-link target to their own > > mailer.conf, e.g., etc/mail/mailer.conf-postfix . > > I'll have a think about these and reply over the weekend.
I haven't forgotten about this, but am completely snowed under at the
moment. I hope to get back to everyone soon, my apologies.
Ceri
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