Re: why do I need sendmail

2003-12-20 Thread Chris Pressey
On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:15:49 -0800 "Cybertime Hostmaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing to note in Matthew's reply: > > > that. However, automatic e-mails from your system -- usually from > > the periodic(8) scripts -- do require sendmail(8) or equivalent. > > Two words at the end, "or

Re: why do I need sendmail

2003-12-20 Thread Cybertime Hostmaster
One thing to note in Matthew's reply: > that. However, automatic e-mails from your system -- usually from > the periodic(8) scripts -- do require sendmail(8) or equivalent. Two words at the end, "or equivalent." You can run Courier, Exim, Mini Sendmail, Nullmailer, Postfix, Qmail, ZMailer, so o

Re: why do I need sendmail

2003-12-20 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 03:29:23PM +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: > Hello. Just to confirm: if I use dial-up connection on my laptop and use > the ISP's smtp server to send emails, I don't really need sendmail's most > functions, so it is safe to set 'sendmail="NO"' in rc.conf without loosing > local

why do I need sendmail

2003-12-20 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Hello. Just to confirm: if I use dial-up connection on my laptop and use the ISP's smtp server to send emails, I don't really need sendmail's most functions, so it is safe to set 'sendmail="NO"' in rc.conf without loosing local emails like "weekly run output", is it? I was told nowadays many sp