Date: 02 Aug 2000 17:33:33 -0700 From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail port, where for art thou? Message-ID: <m2g0oncheq.fsf@reader.ptw.com> In-Reply-To: Giorgos Keramidas's message of "Mon, 31 Jul 2000 20:33:27 %2B0300" References: <m2hf995bz1.fsf@reader.ptw.com> <200007291829.e6TITrP16946@lerami.lerctr.org> <20000731203326.A58962@hades.hell.gr>
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Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> writes: > On Sat, Jul 29, 2000 at 01:29:53PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote: > > > > How about CVSup, and make world? > > > >> "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> writes: > >> > >>> Now I find no sendmail port. Why is there none? How does one go > >>> about reinstalling the full sendmail package and helper packages such > >>> as mailwrapper? > > The `make world' idea is a nice thing, but it will probably leave a few > things out. So, let me see if I can come up with a more detailed list > of things to do in order to restore sendmail. > > Unless you are erasing your /usr/obj tree after a successful run of > `make installworld' like I am doing almost all the time, you could just: > > # cd /usr/src > # make installworld > > and all the binaries for sendmail will be put in the right place [ that > is, unless you have NO_SENDMAIL=yes in your /etc/make.conf ]. Giorgos, Thanks for your informative letter. It seems to cover most pitfalls. Coming from a linux backgroup I haven't any experience yet with cvsup, buildworld and that whole process. I opted for an Upgrade install. It did much the same thing you suggested. And there were only a few things to tidy up. Redoing a working sendmail.cf. And getting the last of qmail obliterated. I rm'ed /usr/src/ before the upgrade thinking that would all be replaced if I chose the `developer' packages. Turns out that didn't replace the stuff under /usr/src/contrib. I did that manually. By following directions in the Handbook sendmail section where it describes how to get the configuration sources. http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html Q: How do I use sendmail for mail delivery with UUCP? I'm not using UUCP, but there are good directions there for configuring sendmail. > > Then, you have to restore the configuration files of sendmail and > related programs, such as mailwrapper, in /etc. Things that I would > check out include: > The stock mailwrapper config seems oK here. > * If you're using mailwrapper, then you might have to copy a new > mailer.conf in /etc/mail and edit it appropriatelly. > > * Check out if inetd.conf includes a line that fires up qmail-smtpd. > This can stop your sendmail from binding port 25 for receiving > incoming mail through SMTP. This one did prove to be a pain in the but at first. Couldn't figure out why sendmail couldn't bind an address. Finally I remembered messing with inetd.conf as regards qmail. and commented it out. All working now. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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