postfix to sstmp /etc/init.d configuration

SerfurJ · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 824 Location: Texas

i'm fed up with trying to get postfix working, so i'm going back to ssmtp. the problem is, when i unmerge postfix and emerge ssmtp, the postfix file is still in /etc/init.d and there's no sendmail or ssmtp init file. also, rc-update still shows postfix.

so why didn't all of my config files change to ssmtp?

thanks

kezzla · Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:53 pm Post subject:

They won't automagically change...
If it is ssmtp you want to use:
# /etc/init.d/postfix stop
# rc-update del postfix default
# emerge unmerge postfix
# rm /etc/init.d/postfix

Then emerge and configure ssmtp.

Chris W · Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 9:59 pm Post subject:

Unmerging will leave any files in config protected directories (see "emerge info" for a list of these places). Like the previous poster noted, you just need to stop trying to run the postfix script on boot and do whatever it is that ssmtp requires (which isn't much from memory). You can delete the remnants of postfix if you want, but they won't do any harm if left there.
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SerfurJ · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 824 Location: Texas

but where is the new ssmtp init script?

kashani · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 9:44 pm Post subject:

ssmtp doesn't actively run. It only runs when a script or program uses the sendmail wrapper binary to send mail off the system.

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Chris W · Posted: Mon May 17, 2004 10:30 pm Post subject:

There isn't one. SSMTP is a delivery only agent. When the 'sendmail' program is launched by mutt, mail et al. the mail is sent to the configured remote mail (SMTP) server. The configuration file is ssmtp.conf in /etc/ssmtp.
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