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Author:  pmmenneg [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Sendmail remnants left after switch to Postfix
On boot, I get the following message:

Code:
Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent: postfix.
Starting Mail Transport Agent (MTA): sendmailNo make, you'll have to rebuild your databases by hand 
:(                                                                                                  
Not configured, not started. failed!                                                                
.


Even though I've removed Sendmail and installed Postfix... there is obviously some trace of sendmail left, any idea where I should look to fix this?

Thanks,

Paul
Author:  hoopycat [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:07 pm ]
Post subject: 
Which distribution are you running?

What procedure did you use to install Postfix?

What procedure did you use to uninstall sendmail?
Author:  pmmenneg [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 2:31 pm ]
Post subject: 
hoopycat wrote:
Which distribution are you running?

What procedure did you use to install Postfix?

What procedure did you use to uninstall sendmail?


Debian, used the following HowTo as a basis for install:

http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-virtual-e ... nd-dovecot

And used apt to try to uninstall sendmail via apt-get remove sendmail
Author:  hoopycat [ Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:44 pm ]
Post subject: 
Looks like the real sendmail meat is in a few different packages, which are depended on by the "sendmail" metapackage: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/sendmail

So, try:

Code:
apt-get autoremove
--and/or--
apt-get remove sendmail-base sendmail-bin sendmail-cf


That *should* hopefully get it out of there. Also check:

Code:
dpkg -l sendmail\*


just in case something got missed.
Author:  pmmenneg [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:13 pm ]
Post subject:  That got it
Apt still reporting things had been removed, but dpkg said that some config files were lying around, purging those and rebooting cleared up the issues, thanks for the help!

Paul
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