Here’s a quick reference for Sendmail users. The commands below are to start, stop, restart, and rebuild aliases for the Sendmail Daemon.
Stopping Sendmail
# cd /etc/mail
# make stop
Starting Sendmail
# cd /etc/mail
# make start
Restarting Sendmail
# cd /etc/mail
# make restart
Rebuild Aliases
# cd /etc/mail
# make
Enable Sendmail on startup
# echo ‘sendmail_enable=”YES”‘ >> /etc/rc.conf
# echo ‘sendmail_submit_enable=”YES”‘ >> /etc/rc.conf
Disable Sendmail on startup
# echo ‘sendmail_enable=”NO”‘ >> /etc/rc.conf
# echo ‘sendmail_submit_enable=”NO”‘ >> /etc/rc.conf
Done!!