Re: Getting "rid" of sendmail
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 07:59:38AM -0700, Emmanuel Gravel wrote: > I'm looking for a way to entirely remove an MTA from a box and forward > everything to another host. I've found the /etc/mail/aliases file and > saw that I could configure it so that root would point to something > else, so that's half the battle, possibly. Once that's done, however, is > it simply a matter of setting sendmail_enable="NONE" in /etc/rc.conf to > disable sendmail, or is there more I could/should do, to still keep > having the cron job outputs sent to the place I'd specify in > /etc/mail/aliases? > > I mostly don't want the daemon running, but still want access to my > email. This is starting to turn into a FAQ. Here's an answer I gave earlier: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-December/029497.html Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Getting "rid" of sendmail
I think what you want is: sendmail_enable="NO" "NONE" removes all mail sending ability on the local machine - not what you want if I interpret your post correctly... On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 07:59:38 -0700 Emmanuel Gravel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking for a way to entirely remove an MTA from a box and forward > everything to another host. I've found the /etc/mail/aliases file and > saw that I could configure it so that root would point to something > else, so that's half the battle, possibly. Once that's done, however, > is it simply a matter of setting sendmail_enable="NONE" in > /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail, or is there more I could/should do, > to still keep having the cron job outputs sent to the place I'd > specify in/etc/mail/aliases? > > I mostly don't want the daemon running, but still want access to my > email. > > Thanks! > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
