Re: [Exim] exim - sendmail problem

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:

> [mailed and posted]
>
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, sam wrote:
>
> > I have switched to Debian 2.2.r2 and am trying to use exim as my MTA.
> > However, when I try to send from Mutt or Pine, I get an error which
> > indicates that my sendmail.cf is not present.
>
> You should remove (or rename) /usr/sbin/sendmail and make that instead
> a symbolic link to the exim binary.
>
> eg
>
> ln -s /path/to/exim /usr/sbin/sendmail
>
> I'm not sure whether the "real" sendmail binary lives in /usr/sbin or
> /usr/lib, but it is the real one that you want to replace.
>
Thanks a lot. Life is so easy when you find someone who has the answers.
Both you and Phil Pennock gave me the link trick.

sam