On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 04:27:48AM -0800, Mark Maggelet wrote:
> Hi there
> I'm installing qmail on a RedHat 6.1 server install machine and I just
> have a couple of quick questions and then I'll lurk for awhile.
>
> 1) REMOVE.sendmail says this:
> Find sendmail in your boot scripts. It's usually in either /etc/rc or
> /etc/init.d/sendmail. It looks like
> sendmail -bd -q15m
> -q15m means that it should run the queue every 15 minutes; you may
> see a different number. Comment out this line.
>
> there's no such line, but theres a script called /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail
> that I removed. Is that the right thing to do?
It's okay, but not ideal. You should do `chkconfig --del <service>` for each
service that you wish to disable from starting. (In this case, <service>
would be 'sendmail'.) That will remove the links from /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/ (and
other runlevels) to the startup script, effectively disabling sendmail.
> 2) the install file says this:
> Set up qmail-smtpd in /etc/inetd.conf (all on one line):
> smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
> tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd
Ditch inetd. Use tcpserver. <http://cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html>
> 3) how do I configure /bin/mail to use qmail? the doc just says do it
> but doesn't say how.
I haven't been able to figure out how to configure *sending* mail using
/bin/mail on a qmail installed machine. My guess is that /bin/mail speaks
directly to an SMTP server or something goofy.
Being on a RedHat 6.1 box, you might consider using Bruce Guenter's
*excellent* qmail source RPMs. <http://em.ca/~bruceg/>
/pg
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Peter Green
Gospel Communications Network, SysAdmin
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