I will do so.  Thanks very much for confirming.


Stefan Hornburg wrote:
> Jesse Molina wrote:
>> Greetings
>>
>> I have a most peculiar problem and am seeking advice.
>>
>> I'm at a loss on this one.  I've googled around and searched for anyone 
>> else who might have had this problem, but I've found nothing.
>>
>> I have two systems showing the same symptoms.  /usr/bin/mail, part of 
>> the Debian mailutils package, can't send mail from the root user if 
>> Courier MTA is the local MTA.  A nearly identical system using exim has 
>> no problem.
>>
>> Sending mail from other users on these systems works perfectly.  This is 
>> also not a problem of the MTA accepting inbound mail to the root user, 
>> as I successfully receive those mails.
>>
>> I suspect a compatibility problem between mailutils and courier's 
>> sendmail, but I'm not sure about it, or why this is only affecting the 
>> root user.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I do, as the root user, the following single-line command;
>>
>> echo "I like cheese." | /usr/bin/mail -s "test root mail" -t 
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> Then nothing happens -- the mail disappears into nothingness, with the 
>> exception of the following syslog message (sorrows
>>   is the local hostname);
>>
>> Jun 17 23:24:44 sorrows 250 Ok.
>>
>> The same command as any other user works just fine.
> 
> I can confirm this behaviour, please file a bug report in the Debian BTS.
> 
>       Racke
> 
> 

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