FINALLY got Diald Working...Too well!

[Rupert Heesom <raheesom btinternet com>]

With the help of RPMs from www.troutman.org/linux, I've finally got Diald
for RH5.2 up and running.

However, now when I boot Linux up, I find that when Sendmail is
initialising (I decided to install such things when I installed the OS),
Diald is dialing the internet.   I assume this is because Sendmail would
like a connection to the internet for checking mail.  It's probably
configured with a dedicated line as an assumption.   The problem is I DON'T
HAVE a dedicated line.

How do I go about reconfiguring Sendmail so that it doesn't look for an
internet connection straight off?  I need a mail program that will only
want to dial up when I want to send "outbasket" msgs.   If this is not
possible, I will probably need to uninstall Sendmail and use something else.

If it wasn't for an RPM available for what I needed, I don't think I'd have
got Diald working for quite a while!   Special Thanks for Paul Leon for
posting that "Step by step guide".  It really helped me!   

Anyone else who's struggling with Diald, and has RH5.2 needs to visit that
site!


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Yesterday it worked               Remember: Windows is not the answer - 
Today it is not working           Windows is the question and the answer is
no...
Windows is like that.