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Am 2007-06-22 14:44:07, schrieb Jesse Molina:
> Package: courier-mta
> Version: 0.53.3-6
> Severity: important
>
>
> /usr/bin/mail, part of the mailutils package, can't send mail when
> invoked from the root user if courier-mta is the local MTA. A nearly
> identical system using exim has no problem. Sending mail in this was
> as a non-root user has no problem. Sending mail as root via sendmail
> also has no problem.
I have a couple of scripts on my Sevrers an never seen this problem.
> This is not an alias problem (Courier won't *deliver* mail to root)
> and isn't related to the MTA accepting mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Think about cron jobs running as root and sending mail from their
> invoked scripts.
Since I get daily nearly 400 messages from "cron" on my servers using
"courier-mta" it can not be a "courier" issue.
> I suspect a compatibility problem between mailutils and courier's
> sendmail substitute. Testing mail sent as root from sendmail works.
>
>
>
> If I do, as the root user, the command;
>
> echo "I like cheese." | /usr/bin/mail -s "test root mail" -t [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Then nothing happens -- the mail goes nowhere and disappears into
> nothingness, with the exception of the following example syslog
> message (sorrows is the local hostname);
>
> Jun 17 23:24:44 sorrows 250 Ok.
How does "mail" invoke ${SENDMAIL}?
> NOTE: Racke has confirmed this bug via the courier-users mailing list
> and asked that I submit a Deb bug.
Maybe, but I can not reconstruct this bug under Lenny (Devel-Station)
and Etch (Server + normal Workstations)
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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