On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:26:06AM -0700 or thereabouts, Chris Pressey wrote: > Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually, I was referring to running a MUA that does not use the > > Sendmail switch automatically, as Mutt would use, but something like > > KMail, or whatever, which requires one to put in the SMTP address > > (IIRC). > > Ah. Well, I admit I'm less familiar with setting qmail up to play nice > with MUAs. In fact I must make a guilty confession: I'm still making > qmail deliver to mbox format until I can figure out how to get Sylpheed > to grok Maildirs. I haven't used Mutt or KMail yet, either.
LOL... Every once in awhile, I check the Sylpheed Claws URL to see if they have yet implemented the Maildir format.. so far, no go, but it is on their to-do list.. <g> > > > I'm just referring to how FreeBSD's MTA wrapper lets you switch > > > between sendmail, qmail, and any other sendmail-compatible MTA (say, > > > Postfix) without too much effort. > > > > Okay, I am now seeing a better appreciation of how this FBSD MTA > > wrapper works, allowing one to switch MTAs almost on the fly... cool > > <g> > > I'm not sure it could do it on the fly... but pretty darn close, yeah :) Yah, just stop the PID of the MTA, unless you are using qmail's service, to open up port 25, and throw in another MTA. <g> ... almost. > And you're right, Life with Qmail is probably the best qmail tutorial on > the net. (When I first set up qmail, I went solely on djb's docs -- > *ouch*! It took like a week to even begin to figure it out.) I didn't > mean to imply that LwQ is lacking FreeBSD information, just that if > you're going to run qmail under FreeBSD, it's good to keep abreast to > FreeBSD developments that affect MTAs... because unlike qmail, FreeBSD > changes regularly :) I agree with you 100%. I had the same initial experiences with djb's site, versus LWQ.. I have just been with FBSD for 3 weeks or so, but absolutely love it.. absorbing all I can.. in many ways, the file system is easier than Linux, by far, fewer .rc files to contend with. I find memory management much better. I would love to find more PII and III boxes to convert over for mail / DNS servers... (djbdns or course <g>) I must tackle the ports / CVSup details yet, but will do that soon.. Remote admin is a breeze. Overall, probably the best OS I have ever used. -- Gary _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
