> I read in a howto that you should link the old sendmail scripts in
> /usr/sbin/sendmail to /var/qmail/bin/sendmail, but i havent got any sendmail
> scripts under /var/qmail/bin/... Is this right?
Actually, you should have /usr/sbin/sendmail (and, while you are at it
/usr/lib/sendmail) both be links to /var/qmail/bin/sendmail. This way,
legacy apps and scripts which pipe to sendmail will still work.
> I cant get qmail to listen to port 25, even if qmail is running.. Port 110
> is listening but it closed connection after about 5 secs.
Qmail needs another tool, such as inetd (ugh) or tcpserver (ucspi-tcp) to
listen on port 25.
> Is /var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject the script that takes over sendmails old
> jobs?
Sorta. qmail-inject is called by /var/qmail/bin/sendmail as a local
program you pipe outgoing mail to.
Sendmail is one big app that can, depending on its mood:
* Listen on port 25
* Update the alaias database
* Pipe local mail to remote machines
* etc.
Qmail, on the other hand, is a series of small apps, which makes it a lot
leaner, faster, and more secure than sendmail. Very useful if you get the
kind of mail traffic, say, egroups gets.
- Sam
