I tried the most recent version from CVS - this seems to work
fine....  Thanks!

I would be kind of uncomfortable using a pre-alpha version
of James for very long, though; how close is a beta release?

-Mike


On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 09:36:37PM +0100, Danny Angus wrote:
> What version are you using?
> 
> Check your mail box folders, and spool folder for files left behind after
> the shutdown, particularly single files (they go in pairs, like policemen)
> 
> I've found that a message James doesn't like can cause problems when
> re-starting if it is still in the system.
> 
> Messages james doesn't like can include messages to an unreachable
> postmaster, or returned to an unreachable sender.
> 
> I had problems when my DNS couldn't lookup a meaningful IP address for James
> to use for itself, though I'm not sure why it checked DNS for local
> delivery.
> 
> That said I don't think I've come across any of this in the distributed
> versions, only from time to time im the CVS version.
> 
> d.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Bridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 9:01 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Problems restarting james
> >
> >
> > Hi-
> >
> > I'm just trying out James on Linux, but I find that if I stop
> > it (by hitting Ctrl-C) and restart it, it stops answering
> > on port 25 and port 4555.  When I try telnetting into those
> > ports it hangs before printing the welcome message.
> >
> > Any ideas what might cause this?  I was able to deliver mail
> > to it before I restarted it.  I was able to get it to work
> > again by reinstalling it from scratch, but each time I
> > restart it, it stops working.  There don't appear to be any
> > relevant log messages.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Mike
> >
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