On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 18:25, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 08:05:38AM -0400, Logan Tygart wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 18:45, Paul M Foster wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 12:13:13PM -0400, Stephen Ames wrote:
> > >
> > <snip>
> > > Now, if you _do_ have sendmail installed along with postfix, here's the
> > > problem: as I said, postfix will install its own version of sendmail. If
> > > you also have the actual real bonafide sendmail package installed, then
> > > there's no telling whether the "sendmail" executable is the postfix one
> > > or the sendmail package one. And of course, aside from both listening on
> > > port 25, they have very little in common. And using both will confuse
> > > both.
> >
> > There are, most likely, links called sendmail to your MTA. Example,
> > this box is Debian Sid using Exim:
> >
>
> <snip>
>
> Hadn't thought of this. It must be true of exim, but not of postfix.
> Postfix features its very own executable called "sendmail", not a
> symlink.
>
For the MTA, it doesnt matter if it is a link or the binary is named
sendmail. The link or binary is named that so things such as interpreted
languages, or other binaries, can send mail via a function and be
pointed to your MTA. This computer has exim installed but a php or perl
script with mail() will still look for /lib/your/directory/sendmail
(which may or may not be a link) to work.
Hope that made sense, coffee has not engaged my brain yet,
The Logan
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