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Re: sendmail ->qmail problems, help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wierdl Mate)
Mon Nov 18 10:45:09 1996
To: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
cc: mmalecha@UTMEM1.UTMEM.EDU, redhat-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 17 Nov 1996 17:31:19 CST."
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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 09:43:07 -0600
From: Wierdl Mate <matyi@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu>
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> Here what to do to make qmail work:
>
> 1) Uninstall sendmail.
> You probably need to use the --nodeps option.
> 2) In /etc/profile, set
> MAIL=$HOME/Mailbox
> export MAIL
> In /etc/csh.cshrc set
> setenv MAIL $HOME/Mailbox
> This is because qmail drops the mail in ~user/Mailbox
> 3) To make qmail work with MH (exmh, mh-e,xmh), do
> in /etc/profile
> MAILDROP=$HOME/Mailbox
> export MAILDROP
> in /etc/csh.cshrc
> setenv MAILDROP $HOME/Mailbox
Here I forgot to say that if you do not have a copy of /etc/aliases.db
(which probably was removed when you uninstalled sendmail) then do
touch /etc/aliases.db
This is needed because send is looking for this file.
>
> If you previously removed MH (exmh), install them with the --nodeps
> option.
> 4) To make pine work with qmail, do:
> in /usr/lib/pine.conf
>
> inbox-path=$MAIL
> sendmail-path=/usr/sbin/sendmail -t
>
> 5) Install qmail rpm.
>
> 6) If you have problems with sending mail outside your domain (as I
> had) , you want to remove /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts.
>
> 7) Only after rebooting was everything working well for me.
>
> 8) It is worth looking at the INSTALL.* and FAQ docs in /usr/doc/qmail*
> But be careful, not everything should be taken verbatim for Linux.
>
> Mate
Mate
M\'at\'e Wierdl
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Memphis,
E-mail: matyi@moni.msci.memphis.edu
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