Re: Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 03:50:16PM -0400, Alejandro Imass typed: On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Martin McCormick mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu wrote: ? ? ? ?The /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file very clearly tells one not to edit it directly so I edited the Hey Martin, this might not be the exact answer you're looking for but I despise sendmail but *love* FreeBSD so here are my $0.02: 1) edit your /etc/rc.conf sendmail_enable=NO sendmail_submit_enable=NO sendmail_outbound_enable=NO sendmail_msp_queue_enable=NO postfix_enable=YES 2) cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix make install clean For crying out loud, he's asking a question about sendmail configuration. If someone asks you directions to the airport, and you hate flying, do you point them to the railway station? Ruben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.
On 20/04/2011 19:47, Martin McCormick wrote: After that, I did a make in that directory and things seemed to go well. After restarting sendmail, it still wanted to resolve normally and not use the gateway. Did you run?: # make all install restart That's the usual idiom after editing the .mc file. You can tell that this has worked, because you will find the name of your smart host in /etc/mail/sendmail.cf. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:45:29 +0200 Ruben de Groot mai...@bzerk.org articulated: On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 03:50:16PM -0400, Alejandro Imass typed: On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Martin McCormick mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu wrote: ? ? ? ?The /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file very clearly tells one not to edit it directly so I edited the Hey Martin, this might not be the exact answer you're looking for but I despise sendmail but *love* FreeBSD so here are my $0.02: 1) edit your /etc/rc.conf sendmail_enable=NO sendmail_submit_enable=NO sendmail_outbound_enable=NO sendmail_msp_queue_enable=NO postfix_enable=YES 2) cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix make install clean For crying out loud, he's asking a question about sendmail configuration. If someone asks you directions to the airport, and you hate flying, do you point them to the railway station? For Christ's sake, considering how far off the beaten path so many of these postings get, I consider that replay appropriate. In any case, the poster did reply to the OPs question regarding Sendmail -- he told him how to remove it from his system and install Postfix. A solution that would permanently eliminate the Sendmail configuration problem. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.
The /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file very clearly tells one not to edit it directly so I edited the /etc/mail/my.name.domain.mc file as stated in documentation to cause this system to send all out-bound mail through a smart host. The .mc file part that adds the smart host looks like: dnl Dialup users should uncomment and define this appropriately dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `your.isp.mail.server') define(`SMART_HOST', `mailserver.okstate.edu') After that, I did a make in that directory and things seemed to go well. After restarting sendmail, it still wanted to resolve normally and not use the gateway. The only way we could get it to behave as desired was to do what one is not supposed to do and edit sendmail.cf and add the mailserver.okstate.edu name right against the line beginning with DS After another restart, everything worked. What am I failing to do as this is not the proper way to reconfigure sendmail? The DS line in the master file looks like DSmailserver.okstate.edu Many thanks and the handbook is very helpful but I haven't seemed to run across anything that directly addresses this situation. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.
On 4/20/2011 2:47 PM, Martin McCormick wrote: dnl Dialup users should uncomment and define this appropriately dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `your.isp.mail.server') define(`SMART_HOST', `mailserver.okstate.edu') I usually do make make install make stop make start after the first make, you should be able to diff the created .cf file and the actuall sendmail.cf file. It doesnt actually install it, it just creates a temp copy. 0(cage)# make /usr/bin/m4 -D_CF_DIR_=/usr/share/sendmail/cf/ /usr/share/sendmail/cf/m4/cf.m4 cage.simianscience.com.mc cage.simianscience.com.cf 0(cage)# diff -u sendmail.cf cage.simianscience.com.cf --- sendmail.cf 2011-04-20 15:32:46.0 -0400 +++ cage.simianscience.com.cf 2011-04-20 15:32:52.0 -0400 @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ + # $Id: proto.m4,v 8.741 2009/12/11 00:04:53 ca Exp $ # # level 10 config file format @@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ CP. # Smart relay host (may be null) -DS +DSsmarthost2.sentex.ca # operators that cannot be in local usernames (i.e., network indicators) 1(cage)# Then a full stop and start after the install should get you what you want. ---Mike -- --- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, m...@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 4/20/11 2:47 PM, Martin McCormick wrote: The /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file very clearly tells one not to edit it directly so I edited the /etc/mail/my.name.domain.mc file as stated in documentation to cause this system to send all out-bound mail through a smart host. The .mc file part that adds the smart host looks like: dnl Dialup users should uncomment and define this appropriately dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `your.isp.mail.server') define(`SMART_HOST', `mailserver.okstate.edu') After that, I did a make in that directory and things seemed to go well. After restarting sendmail, it still wanted to resolve normally and not use the gateway. The only way we could get it to behave as desired was to do what one is not supposed to do and edit sendmail.cf and add the mailserver.okstate.edu name right against the line beginning with DS After another restart, everything worked. What am I failing to do as this is not the proper way to reconfigure sendmail? The DS line in the master file looks like DSmailserver.okstate.edu Many thanks and the handbook is very helpful but I haven't seemed to run across anything that directly addresses this situation. Hi Martin, Try these commands, and the sendmail.cf will be updated from the .mc file: edit .mc file make install make restart Hope that helps, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. http://twitter.com/sourcehosting/ - Follow me, follow you -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2vNisACgkQ0sRouByUApDFLQCfcnoA8rbGxi5NunLjKlnfaxSS E7sAmweUPxSIHqkU6crW8Qjxmp8+Nmf8 =bO3y -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.
Thanks to all. Somehow, I missed the make install. I will give it another try and it will probably work as it should. This is a great list and everybody is very nice even to those of us who have been running FreeBSD for many years but are trying new things. Greg Larkin writes: Try these commands, and the sendmail.cf will be updated from the .mc file: ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Martin McCormick mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu wrote: The /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file very clearly tells one not to edit it directly so I edited the Hey Martin, this might not be the exact answer you're looking for but I despise sendmail but *love* FreeBSD so here are my $0.02: 1) edit your /etc/rc.conf sendmail_enable=NO sendmail_submit_enable=NO sendmail_outbound_enable=NO sendmail_msp_queue_enable=NO postfix_enable=YES 2) cd /usr/ports/mail/postfix make install clean Play close attention to all messages, remember to regenerate the aliases with newalias and let the script modify your mailer.conf to enable postfix and say yes. In case you forget here is my /etc/mail/mailer.conf # Execute the Postfix sendmail program, named /usr/local/sbin/sendmail # sendmail/usr/local/sbin/sendmail send-mail /usr/local/sbin/sendmail mailq /usr/local/sbin/sendmail newaliases /usr/local/sbin/sendmail then /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postfix start Enjoy! http://www.postfix.org There have been many requests to let us choose our favorite MTA for the base system. It seems things are moving in that direction since you will notice an option in the make config of the newer postfix versions it says to install postfix in the base. Right now I would avoid this, (other maybe other can comment more on this option) but hopefully in the future those of use that don't like sendmail can avoid it's use. best, Alejandro Imass ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Modifying Sendmail's Configuration the Correct way.
--As of April 20, 2011 3:50:16 PM -0400, Alejandro Imass is alleged to have said: There have been many requests to let us choose our favorite MTA for the base system. It seems things are moving in that direction since you will notice an option in the make config of the newer postfix versions it says to install postfix in the base. Right now I would avoid this, (other maybe other can comment more on this option) but hopefully in the future those of use that don't like sendmail can avoid it's use. --As for the rest, it is mine. I picked the option to install postfix in the base. It works the same as postfix out of the base. Only one real difference that I've noted: Instead of being in '/usr/local/sbin/' it's in '/usr/sbin/'. There are quite a few other ports I've noticed that see postfix and assume it's in /usr/local/*, so this can be annoying as you are installing other things. On the other hand, every time I've run into it, it's just been a config option or so that needed changing. You just have to be on the lookout for it: lots of things send the occasional email, or can. Daniel T. Staal --- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
