Quoting Dimitri SZAJMAN ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi !
>
> I installed qmail months ago and I'm very happy with it : fast, secure...
> But I need to do some tests with sendmail, so I have to remove qmail to
> reinstall sendmail.
> Can someone tell me the procedure to remove qmail ? Should I then get
> sendmail, compile and install it ?
I'm sure that many others will point out that there is no need to
uninstall anything. The only important points I can think of:
- Make sure tcpserver on port 25 isn't running, or if you are using inetd,
comment out smtp in /etc/inetd.conf and send inetd a HUP.
- If you'll be rebooting the machine during testing, make sure to disable
the scripts that start qmail-send and tcpserver at bootup.
- Classic sendmail install will overwrite your /usr/sbin/sendmail symlink
to /var/qmail/bin/sendmail. Make sure to symlink that again after your
tests with sendmail are complete.
- You should be able to safely keep qmail-send running if you still have
messages in the queue.
- If you chmod'd /var/spool/mail to 000 as per the qmail install
instructions, you'll obviously need to fix its perms.
Others please provide more if I've missed something.
Aaron
