****Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5 and removing sendmail

On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 07:59 +0530, Indunil Jayasooriya wrote:
> 
>         
>         # rpm -e sendmail
>         
>         error: Failed dependencies:
>         
>                 /usr/sbin/sendmail is needed by (installed)
>         redhat-lsb-3.1-12.2.EL.el5.centos.i386
>         
>                 smtpdaemon is needed by (installed)
>         mutt-1.4.2.2-3.el5.i386
>         
>                 smtpdaemon is needed by (installed)
>         fetchmail-6.3.6-1.el5.i386
>         
>                 smtpdaemon is needed by (installed)
>         mdadm-2.5.4-3.el5.i386
>         
> pls try 
> 
> rpm -e sendmail --nodeps
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sounds like an easy way to kill a perfectly good running server

Craig