Is it possible to install FreeBSD without sendmail? My machines are behind a NAT firewall and don't have a domain name. Every time I install I have to wait for sendmail to timeout looking for its domain name. Wouldn't it be more secure to not have it enabled by default anyway? Joe
Sorry if this shows up twice. My mailer keeps defaulting to the wrong email address and I don't always catch it. Is it possible to install FreeBSD without sendmail? My machines are behind a NAT firewall and don't have a domain name. Every time I install I have to wait for sendmail to timeout looking for its domain name. Wouldn't it be more secure to not have it enabled by default anyway? Joe
On Apr 10, 2004, at 16:06, Joe Halpin wrote:> Is it possible to install FreeBSD without sendmail? My machines are > behind a NAT firewall and don'tNo. A mailer is needed for various system functions (e.g., mailing of cron results) and sendmail is currently the default one (though you can install others from Ports).> have a domain name. Every time I install I have to wait for sendmail > to timeout looking for its domain name.Look in /etc/defaults/rc.conf for settings on sendmail(8). If you want to completely disable it set the following in /etc/rc.conf: sendmail_enable="NONE" See rc.conf(5) and rc.sendmail(5) for details.