Will mail() function still work with Postfix and not Sendmail?

I understand (perhaps wrongly) that the mail() function relies on Sendmail
being installed on the server.

However I am wanting to run Postfix and Sendmail will not be loaded.

Ideally I would have liked to have setup a seperate machine as an email
server but the machine I was about to use has suddenly developed a major
dislike for just about any memory stick I insert and therefore is not
operational.

Therefore will the mail() function still operate with Postfix running and
not Sendmail?

Cheers

Phil


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