How to "fix" system's sendmail to use that of zimbra
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(supposing system has alternatives, like debian, centos, ...)
First check what's there now:
[root@zimbra ~]# ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jun 23 12:21 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /etc/alternatives/mta
[root@zimbra ~]# update-alternatives --display mta mta - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail - priority 90 slave mta-mailq: /usr/bin/mailq.sendmail slave mta-newaliases: /usr/bin/newaliases.sendmail slave mta-rmail: /usr/bin/rmail.sendmail slave mta-sendmail: /usr/lib/sendmail.sendmail slave mta-pam: /etc/pam.d/smtp.sendmail slave mta-sendmailman: /usr/share/man/man8/sendmail.sendmail.8.gz slave mta-mailqman: /usr/share/man/man1/mailq.sendmail.1.gz slave mta-newaliasesman: /usr/share/man/man1/newaliases.sendmail.1.gz slave mta-aliasesman: /usr/share/man/man5/aliases.sendmail.5.gz Current `best' version is /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail.
Then install alternative and check it:
[root@zimbra ~]# update-alternatives --install /usr/sbin/sendmail mta-sendmail /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/sendmail 25 [root@zimbra ~]# update-alternatives --display mta-sendmail mta-sendmail - status is auto. link currently points to /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/sendmail /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/sendmail - priority 25 Current `best' version is /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/sendmail.