# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-12-01 12:03:18 -0800:
> On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:45:37PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> <snip>
> > > If I want to use fetchmail to snag email from say 4 different pop acounts
> > > and then filter it with procmail and use mozilla to read it (which I've
> > > read is trivial to do), what parts of sendmail (or any mta) must I
> > > have running minimally on localhost.
> >
> > none. you don't need sendmail to accept mail through fetchmail (just
> > have it store messages directly in your mailbox instead of pulling
> > them through sendmail; you get an added bonus of preventing mail
> > loops in case you manage to misconfigure either part), and you don't
> > need sendmail to send mail from mozilla, as it has its own
> > implementation of a smtp client, just like any other clickoid mail
> > client (IOW, it bypasses the standard, which is passing the message
> > to sendmail on the command line.)
> >
> > note however, that disabling sendmail completely will cripple your
> > system in that you will no longer receive the valuable output from
> > periodic(8) scripts, and possibly in other areas.
> <big snip>
>
> Why would disabling sendmail cripple all of the periodic scripts? Other
> than those scripts that relate specifically to an MTA, which others
> would be affected?
where in the text you quoted did I say that disabling sendmail would
cripple periodic(8) scripts? I said it would cripple the system in
that root would no longer receive the output of the periodic
scripts.
> Also, if you have another MTA just edit /etc/mail/mailer.conf to point
> to your new MTA, as the various invocations of sendmail are just
> wrappers that use the mailer.conf file to determine exactly what they
> should be executing. I recently left sendmail in favour of Exim. A
> few tweaks to mailer.conf and one or two minor changes to a few of the
> periodic scripts and everything is in order.
I was speaking about sendmail, not Sendmail. This part of the
message was specifically about having system with no *s*endmail. The
latter half was about disabling {S,s}endmail. I run Postfix on all
my machines, so I guess I'm quite aware *S*endmail is not exactly
required.
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