[CentOS] Re: CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

Miark mlist at gardnerbusiness.com
Mon Dec 3 19:05:35 UTC 2007


On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:04:30 -0700, Joseph wrote:

> >No --- Don't --- Install another MTA before you try to remove
> >sendmail. Warned you have been!
> 
> Well, unless you install postfix first, then
> system-switch-mail, then execute switch-mail, how does the
> stuff that needs sendmail know what to use? 

But you only need switch-mail if you have both Sendmail and
Postfix, right? IOW, if you want to use Postfix exclusively,
you could just install Postfix and remove Sendmail. That's what
I did, and my mail system is working just fine. 

Miark



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