* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000524 16:09]:
> I must tell you straight off I am no mail configuration wizard. I use a
> completely nonstandard setup where I wrote the c code for an MDA (mail
You kinda give new meaning to the phrase 'have it your way' eh?
> If you use pppd to connect, it will run /etc/ppp/ip-up when the link
> comes up. That is where I run fetchmail; if I wanted to send mail too
> I think the line
>
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q15m
>
> might be about right.
I think my sendmail is running all of the time:
430 ? S 0:00 sendmail: accepting connections on port 25
9317 pts/0 S 0:00 grep sendmail
I wonder if maybe I could make a small change in /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail
I looked it over and saw what appears to call sendmail with -bd, but not
-q15m (try to send every 15 min, right?)
Here's my /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail script:
#!/bin/sh
#
# sendmail This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
# sendmail.
#
# chkconfig: 2345 80 30
# description: Sendmail is a Mail Transport Agent, which is the program \
# that moves mail from one machine to another.
# processname: sendmail
# config: /etc/sendmail.cf
# pidfile: /var/run/sendmail.pid
# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
# Source networking configuration.
. /etc/sysconfig/network
# Source sendmail configureation.
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/sendmail ] ; then
. /etc/sysconfig/sendmail
else
DAEMON=yes
QUEUE=1h
fi
# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0
[ -f /usr/sbin/sendmail ] || exit 0
# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
# Start daemons.
echo -n "Starting sendmail: "
/usr/bin/newaliases > /dev/null 2>&1
for i in virtusertable access domaintable mailertable ; do
if [ -f /etc/mail/$i ] ; then
makemap hash /etc/mail/$i < /etc/mail/$i
fi
done
daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail $([ "$DAEMON" = yes ] && echo -bd) \
$([ -n "$QUEUE" ] && echo -q$QUEUE)
echo
touch /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
;;
stop)
# Stop daemons.
echo -n "Shutting down sendmail: "
killproc sendmail
echo
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
status)
status sendmail
;;
*)
echo "Usage: sendmail {start|stop|restart|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
or maybe I'd better try to edit sendmail.cf? I suppose rational people
would attempt it this way :-)
>
> Oh, HO! I read in a FAQ that RedHat uses smrsh. You might like to read
> man smrsh, or see:
>
> http://www.moongroup.com/docs/mailhelp-HOWTO/c176_htm
>
> Fairly early in the piece it talks of ~/.forward files and RH 6.x and
> smrsh.
I'll check out the URL -- I am anxious to see what it says.
man smrsh gives me:
No manual entry for smrsh
>
> But I think your system administrator (in effect, RedHat until you
> administer otherwise) will not allow sendmail to use procmail.
>
> I think maybe a symbolic link in /usr/adm/sm.bin (unless Red Hat has
> moved it, in which case they should have changed the manpage too) to the
> procmail binary, and put your .forward file back.
I couldn't locate a file called sm.bin and I haven't got any directories
(that I know of) called adm :-(
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