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 ma
To run fetchmail you'll need sendmail and procmail or deliver so I don't
think you'll want to remove sendmail ;)
Perhaps you want to be able to send mail too, in that case you'll also
need sendmail.
My advice: leave sendmailon your system!
Ron Rademaker
On Thu, 18 May 2
> 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.
>
"dpkg -P sendmail" will remove sendmail for good.
but some mta is advisable, if you want to use fetchmail
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.
On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, Miro Torrielli wrote:
> John Houwen wrote:
> >
> > Miro,
> >
> > I appreciate your comments, but that is part of the problem ... smail
> > *won't* install unless sendmail is removed! At the same time, dpkg
> > refuses to remove
John Houwen wrote:
>
> Miro,
>
> I appreciate your comments, but that is part of the problem ... smail
> *won't* install unless sendmail is removed! At the same time, dpkg
> refuses to remove sendmail unless smail is installed ... like Catch-22 :)
>
> Sorr
move it, or any part of it.
> "smail not installed, cannot remove sendmail" is part of the error
> message. Conversely, attempting to install smail generates the same
> type errors..
>
> Can anyone help with this?
>
Did yo
rt of it.
> "smail not installed, cannot remove sendmail" is part of the error
> message. Conversely, attempting to install smail generates the same
> type errors..
>
> Can anyone help with this?
>
>
&g
In my original installation, I incorrectly selected sendmail (among
other things ) to be installed. Upon further investigation, smail
would appear to be the preferred mail transport device.
However, dselect/dpkg refuses to remove it, or any part of it.
"smail not installed, cannot r
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