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Date:      Wed, 12 May 2004 07:42:50 +0800 (MYT)
From:      Senandung Mendonan <mendonan@absolute-p.ath.cx>
To:        "jason-dusek@uiowa.edu" <jason-dusek@uiowa.edu>
Cc:        "Questions@BSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Kill Sendmail
Message-ID:  <20040512073840.G917@ybpnyubfg>
In-Reply-To: <40A160DA.3080108@cs.uiowa.edu>
References:  <40A160DA.3080108@cs.uiowa.edu>

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On Tue, 11 May 2004, Jason Dusek wrote:

> How do I kill sendmail? I set 'sendmail_enable="no"' in /etc/rc.conf but
> when I reboot the mail daemon is still up.

It's a sendmail thing, since sendmail-8.12. See:-

http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section3.html#3.44

The feature soon creeped into FreeBSD as it was imported. From
/usr/src/UPDATING:-

"20020404:
        New sendmail startup scripts have been installed to make it
        easier to use alternative MTAs with FreeBSD.  Setting the rc.conf
        variable sendmail_enable to "NO" no longer prevents any sendmail
        daemons from starting.  Instead, either set sendmail_enable to
        "NONE" or change mta_start_script to a script for starting
        an alternative MTA.  Setting mta_start_script to "" will
        also prevent any MTA from being started at boot."

--mendonan
"Yang mimpikan secangkir kopi panas dengan selimut.."
 (Dreaming of a cup of hot coffee, and a blanket..")



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