Could you send the following extra info to the list just so that people can help:
ls -lad /var/spool/MIMEDefang ls -lad /var/spool/MIMEDefang/* also what is the OS and what is the perl On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Mail Administrator wrote: >Hi All, > >I came back from lunch today to hear people saying they can't send mail. >Looking in the /var/log/maillog, I see two Bad Things(tm) > >#1: >Jan 26 13:42:12 meow sendmail[8791]: i0QLgCFl008791: Milter >(mimedefang): local socket name /var/spool/MIMEDefang/mimedefang.sock unsafe > >In the archives, I see that the generic response is "make sure /var & >/var/spool are owned by root and not group/world writable. Already been >there and checked that. > >#2: (which I find no reference to in the Archives): >Milter (mimedefang): write(Q) returned -1, expected 5: Broken pipe > >Mimedefang.sock does not exist, I assume because mimedefang isn't really >running. I further assume that is the reason for #2. > >MimeDefang is 2.39. Sendmail is 8.12.11. SA is 2.63. I'm using Sophos >for antivirus. > >I'm now going to recompile sendmail.cf from an .mc file with no milter >line, just so I can get mail flowing again. This system has been up for >a week, working flawlessly. It just replaced a system that was in use >for over one year, and in the end was MD 2.37/SM 8.12.10/SA 2.60/Sophos. > >Any help most certainly be appreciated. > >-Loren > >_______________________________________________ >Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca >MIMEDefang mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang > -- Stephen John Smoogen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Los Alamos National Lab CCN-5 Sched 5/40 PH: 4-0645 Ta-03 SM-1498 MailStop B255 DP 10S Los Alamos, NM 87545 -- So shines a good deed in a weary world. = Willy Wonka -- _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
