[Cialug] outgoing mail help

[Corey Chandler]

alternatives is a binary that controls which MTA the system uses; builds 
symlinks accordingly.

Didn't realize you were on webmin; I don't deal in pretend *nix 
administration. :-)  At this point your best bet is to talk to someone 
with more familiarity than I in how webmin breaks boxes.

-- Corey / KB1JWQ



On 2/8/10 4:50 PM, jrnosee at gmail.com wrote:
> Ubuntu/Debian.  I think sendmail might be gone...it just shows up again
> in my webmin.  I don't know what "alternatives" are.
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Corey Chandler <lists at sequestered.net
> <mailto:lists at sequestered.net>> wrote:
>
>     On 2/8/10 4:45 PM, jrnosee at gmail.com <mailto:jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
>      > I tried uninstalling sendmail and installing postfix and
>      > WHAM...sendmail's back... WTF?!  Is there any way to bypass using
>     sendmail?!
>
>     You sure about that?  Remember, there's a /usr/bin/sendmail included
>     within postfix.
>
>     Also, be sure to use "alternatives" if this is a RedHat based distro to
>     switch things over properly.
>
>     -- Corey / KB1JWQ
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