Re: SMTP authentication for sendmail using binary-only host system

On 3/12/24 21:16, Hiroo Ono wrote:
> No, If you installed sendmail from packages, you have to follow the instructions
> in the package message.
> Also, cyrus-sasl should be installed as a dependency.
> See pkg query %M sendmail.
> 
> excerpt:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> To use the binaries supplied by the port you should add the following lines
> to your sendmail.mc file before any mailer or feature definition:
> 
> define(`confEBINDIR', `/usr/local/libexec')dnl
> define(`UUCP_MAILER_PATH', `/usr/local/bin/uux')dnl
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> To activate sendmail as your default mailer, run:
> $ cd /usr/local/etc/mail && cp mailer.conf.sendmail mailer.conf
> 
> Your '/usr/local/etc/mail/mailer.conf' should look like this:
> #
> # Execute the "real" sendmail program, named /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail
> #
> sendmail        /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> send-mail       /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> mailq           /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> newaliases      /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> hoststat        /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> purgestat       /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
> 
> You may also need to update /etc/rc.conf.
> [...]

Thanks for supplying this additional information.             -- George