Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:32:17 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "S.N.Grigoriev" <serguey-grigoriev@yandex.ru> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail replacement Message-ID: <4B4DAF41.5090903@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <661263379937@webmail51.yandex.ru> References: <661263379937@webmail51.yandex.ru>
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S.N.Grigoriev wrote:
> I would like to know if there is a way to completely
> replace the base sendmail with a ports one. The goal
> is to have corresponding files on the traditional places
> (not in /usr/local) and to use the system sendmail
> startup script but not /usr/local/etc/rc.d/sendmail.sh.
That's not the usual approach with sendmail, unlike several other softwar=
e packages.
Because of the existence of mailer.conf(5) you can achieve equivalent=20
functionality without overwriting the base system sendmail. With the
following contents:
% cat /etc/mail/mailer.conf=20
# $FreeBSD: src/etc/mail/mailer.conf,v 1.3.36.1 2009/08/03 08:13:06 kensm=
ith Exp $
#
# Execute the "real" sendmail program, named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendma=
il
#
sendmail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
hoststat /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
purgestat /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
all sendmail related commands are mapped onto the ports version of sendma=
il,
installed under LOCALBASE=3D/usr/local as usual. These commands are in f=
act=20
exactly the same wrapper scripts as used with the system sendmail. With t=
his=20
setup it is not necessary to use the init script provided by the sendmail=
port:=20
simply adding
sendmail_enable=3D"YES"
to /etc/rc.conf will now cause the ports version of sendmail to be starte=
d=20
using /etc/rc.d/sendmail. In addition, the following entries in /etc/mak=
e.conf=20
will allow rebuild sendmail configurations and db maps using the Makefile=
in=20
/etc/mail:
WITH_SENDMAIL_PORT=3D yes
SENDMAIL_CF_DIR=3D /usr/local/share/sendmail/cf
MAKEMAP=3D /usr/local/sbin/makemap
Finally, adding=20
WITHOUT_SENDMAIL=3Dyes=20
to /etc/src.conf will suppress building sendmail as part of the base syst=
em,
while still building and installing the mailwrapper commands.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate
Kent, CT11 9PW
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