Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-02-07 Thread RW
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 11:49:07 +0100, Toni Mueller wrote: >Hi, > >On Sat, 03.02.2007 at 21:26:36 +0100, Andreas Maus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> But the mailwraper provides a more generic way for >> OpenBSD to use mail without dealing much about >> the uses mail system. (sendmail,postfix,exim,qmail

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-02-07 Thread Henning Brauer
* Toni Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-07 11:55]: > On Sat, 03.02.2007 at 21:26:36 +0100, Andreas Maus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But the mailwraper provides a more generic way for > > OpenBSD to use mail without dealing much about > > the uses mail system. (sendmail,postfix,exim,qmail, ..

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-02-07 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Sat, 03.02.2007 at 21:26:36 +0100, Andreas Maus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the mailwraper provides a more generic way for > OpenBSD to use mail without dealing much about > the uses mail system. (sendmail,postfix,exim,qmail, ...) this is probably correct (or that's what it was create

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-02-03 Thread Andreas Maus
On 2/3/07, Toni Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi. I dislike the mailwrapper and instead adjust the link in /usr/sbin/sendmail to point to the "real" sendmail program. But doing the mailwrapper thing is probably the safe(r) way to go. I also don't "need" (nor get) the mailq etc functionality

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-02-03 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Thu, 01.02.2007 at 07:56:00 +0100, Nico Meijer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Postfix and Sendmail can both be installed on your disk just fine. I dislike the mailwrapper and instead adjust the link in /usr/sbin/sendmail to point to the "real" sendmail program. But doing the mailwrapper thin

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-02-01 Thread John
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 10:45:45AM +0200, Antti Harri wrote: > On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, John wrote: > > >I think in OpenBSD, that sendmail is tied in rather tightly to the whole > >OS. I use exim, and the way I ensure that sendmail isn't "there" is to > >do: > > > >in rc.conf (or rc.conf.local) > > > >

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-02-01 Thread Antti Harri
On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, John wrote: I think in OpenBSD, that sendmail is tied in rather tightly to the whole OS. I use exim, and the way I ensure that sendmail isn't "there" is to do: in rc.conf (or rc.conf.local) sendmail_enable="NONE" This doesn't do anything. sendmail_flags=NO Only this i

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-01-31 Thread Nico Meijer
Hey David, > my understanding is that postfix and sendmail aren't friendly on the > same box, and I've found quite a few articles that strongly suggest > removing sendmail if you've chosen to use postfix. If it's not in the manpages and not in the FAQ "quite a few articles" amount to pretty much

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-01-31 Thread John
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 10:54:04PM -0700, David B. wrote: > hi, hate to bother, but... > > I looked around on the net and couldn't find a howto on howto uninstall > sendmail, the default in 3.8, and then install postfix. [snip] I think in OpenBSD, that sendmail is tied in rather tightly to the w

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-01-31 Thread Andreas Maus
On 2/1/07, David B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi, hate to bother, but... I looked around on the net and couldn't find a howto on howto uninstall sendmail, the default in 3.8, and then install postfix. You don't need to do this (well at least on OpenBSD). Just install postfix form the ports. I

Re: remove sendmail/install postfix

2007-01-31 Thread Lars Hansson
David B. wrote: > I know how to install postfix, but how do you completely remove > sendmail, since it isn't a package where I can just pkg_delete it? The postfix package has all the information and instructions you'll need. > my understanding is that postfix and sendmail aren't friendly on the s