Re: Remove Sendmail

[Stephan Engelke <engelke@math.uni-hamburg.de>]

Hi Jay,

Jay Kelly writes:
> Hello All,
> How can I remove Sendmail and install something just a get mail like
> fetchmail I guess? I accidently installed sendmail not knowing that I really
> dont need it.

Well, two things:
(1) First of all you need something to deliver your local mail.
    What fethcmail does is to first pop the mail from you ISP, then
    hand it over to your local mail tralsport agent (e.g. sendmail or
    exim).
    You could of course use a mailer with "native" pop3 support, like
    netscape or mutt, but I don't know how well they work as I am
    running the fetchmail/sendmail combo.

(2) Since you are most likely going to be writing mails, you will need
    a piece of software to deliver this mail to its destination.
    Again, this could be sendmail or exim, postfix, pic any MTA you
    like.

Bottom line:  you need a Mail Transport Agent, even if it's just for
the delivery of local error mails.

Cheers -- Stephan
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Stephan Engelke                                    engelke@math.uni-hamburg.de
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