Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 10:50:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/26774: Installation of rmail, even without sendmail Message-ID: <200105021750.f42Ho2N53957@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/26774; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> To: Eric Jacoboni <jaco@teaser.fr> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/26774: Installation of rmail, even without sendmail Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 17:39:29 +0000 On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 07:21:18PM +0200, Eric Jacoboni wrote: > Brian> Since many sensible mailers (e.g. exim, smail) have 'rmail' > Brian> functionality already, then it becomes straightforward to > Brian> change this to, say, > > Yep, that's perhaps another way... I've never investigated Postfix > enough to see if the distribution provides a rmail replacement. http://www.postfix.org/faq.html "You need an rmail program that extracts the sender address from mail that arrives via UUCP, and that feeds the mail into the Postfix sendmail command. Most UNIX systems come with an rmail utility. If you're in a pinch, try the one bundled with the Postfix source code in the auxiliary directory. Some day Postfix may have its own rmail command." Personally I think it should be the responsibility of a well-behaved MTA to provide an rmail workalike, and if the user specifies NO_SENDMAIL then they really don't want any part of sendmail, including its rmail (which is arguably sendmail-specific anyway) Regards, Brian. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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