Thanks Paul. I had GNU mailutils installed, and although that gave me /usr/bin/mail it apparently wasn't enough. After I installed mailx and created a link from /bin/mail to /usr/bin/mail it all worked.
Thanks, Stefan On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Paul Bijnens wrote: > S. Keel wrote: > > > On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Frank Smith wrote: > > > >>Does exim exist? > >>Does /usr/sbin/sendmail -bp work (it should list the mail queue) or > >>do you get the same error? > > > > Exim exists, no problem there. When I try /usr/sbin/sendmail -bp nothing > > happens. I just get another prompt. > > > I'm not an exim user, so I may be wrong, but amanda actually needs a > mail program that accepts this syntax: > > Some_Mailer -s Subject user < msg > > Sendmail does not. Neither do the usual sendmail alternatives. > You need the berkeley mail program: Mail, mailx or mail. > > > -- > Paul Bijnens, Xplanation Tel +32 16 397.511 > Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 > http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *********************************************************************** > * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, F6, * > * quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * > * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * > * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * > * kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * > * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * > *********************************************************************** > > >
