On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:02:08AM -0600, Diana Eichert wrote: > > Hmmm, actually, I don't believe sendmail has a "steep and tall learning > curve". ;-) It's just that you don't grok it yet. > > You're almost there since you know you want to use a smarthost. For example > copy /usr/share/sendmail/cf/openbsd-localhost.mc to another file > /usr/share/sendmail/cf/BobFoo-localhost-SMART_HOST.mc, define > dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `MYMAINBOX-FQDN')dnl ,build a new .cf file, > BobFoo-localhost-SMART_HOST.cf . Move the new file to /etc/mail , add > sendmail_flags="-L sm-mta -C/etc/mail/BobFoo-localhost-SMART_HOST.cf -bd > -q30m" > to /etc/rc.conf.local restart sendmail and VOILA! > > It's not hard at all and you will also get the satisfaction of leaning new > and wonderful SysAdmin skills. >
Thanks for the example, Diana. This, plus a little time figuring out how to get genericstable to work properly, have allowed me to get rid of postfix. postfix is fine, but maximizing use of the base install reduces the amount of wasted time with each upgrade / reinstall. -- Mark
