Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:57:29 -0500 From: Joe Halpin <j.p.h@comcast.net> To: David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD without sendmail Message-ID: <40785FB9.6020008@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <DE491CE5-8B2E-11D8-B65B-000A95B96FF8@ee.ryerson.ca> References: <407853DA.2090706@comcast.net> <DE491CE5-8B2E-11D8-B65B-000A95B96FF8@ee.ryerson.ca>
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David Magda wrote: > > On Apr 10, 2004, at 16:06, Joe Halpin wrote: > >> Is it possible to install FreeBSD without sendmail? My machines are >> behind a NAT firewall and don't > > No. A mailer is needed for various system functions (e.g., mailing of > cron results) and sendmail is currently the default one (though you can > install others from Ports). Sorry I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't asking to not have it on the system, only not running and accepting inbound connections. >> have a domain name. Every time I install I have to wait for sendmail >> to timeout looking for its domain name. > > Look in /etc/defaults/rc.conf for settings on sendmail(8). If you want > to completely disable it set the following in /etc/rc.conf: > > sendmail_enable="NONE" That's what I do every time I install. I was hoping there's some way to configure it that way during the install. Joe
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