Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 22:06:44 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Replacing Sendmail with Postfix? Message-ID: <A1FB5AA50FF677517921A5D0@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0605311858s4205b320vf91c1c5912d6e5fb@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef10de9a0605311858s4205b320vf91c1c5912d6e5fb@mail.gmail.com>
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--==========37AA5D8B126B52089B5C========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On May 31, 2006 8:58:08 PM -0500 Nikolas Britton=20 <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey did anyone see the article on /. about Sendmail being removed from > NetBSD, and being replaced with Postfix? > > What advice can you offer about doing this on FreeBSD? What's > involved, How do you do it, are there any gotta's (cron scripts?), > etc?.... Is it just as simple as installing the Postfix port? How do > you stop buildworld from reinstalling sendmail? /etc/mail/mailer.conf? > > Oh hmm, I see there's a section in the FreeBSD handbook that deals > with this topic... Oh well I've already wrote this much... maybe you > guy and gals have something more to add. > make install clean - follow the instructions in the pkg-message file -=20 done. (Except for any configuration you need to do. If it's a standalone=20 server to send mail from localhost, you don't need to do anything to get it = working.) Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========37AA5D8B126B52089B5C==========--
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