/etc/inetd.conf and boot scripts echo "smtp stream tcp nowait qmaild /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env \ tcp-env /var/qmail/bin/qmail-smtpd" >> /etc/inetd.conf To automate the running of qmail, use following command to create the init.d script: cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail << "EOF" #!/bin/sh # Begin $rc_base/init.d/qmail # Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier. # Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org source /etc/sysconfig/rc source $rc_functions case "$1" in start) echo "Starting Qmail..." /var/qmail/rc & ;; stop) echo "Stopping Qmail..." killall qmail-send ;; restart) $0 stop sleep 1 $0 start ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}" exit 1 ;; esac # End $rc_base/init.d/qmail EOF chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/qmail Create the symbolic links to this file in the relevant rc.d directory with the following commands: cd /etc/rc.d/init.d && ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc0.d/K25qmail && ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc1.d/K25qmail && ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc2.d/K25qmail && ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc3.d/S35qmail && ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc4.d/S35qmail && ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc5.d/S35qmail && ln -sf ../init.d/qmail ../rc6.d/K25qmail Configuration information for some commonly used MUAs can be found in the /var/qmail/doc/INSTALL.mbox file. Most MUAs can be configured to use qmail Mailbox format buy putting the following in ~/.profile: MAIL=$HOME/Mailbox; export MAIL