Correction: the file I was talking about is /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail not /etc/initd/sendmail > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 8:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: TEST.receive failure > > > Thanks, not rebooting would cause the problem but I did reboot, I > wish it were that simple. I still get a disconnect when I execute > telnet 127.0.0.1 25 > My present theory is that I did not properly comment out the line > in the sendmail file in init.d > > In the REMOVE.sendmail file the first step reads: > > 1. Find sendmail in your boot scripts. It's usually in either > /etc/rc or /etc/init.d/sendmail. It looks like > sendmail -bd -q15m > -q15m means that it should run the queue every 15 minutes; you > may see a different number. Comment out this line. > > Well, my /etc/init.d/sendmail file does not contain the line, > well, not written out so nicely. It seems to build that line in a > long set of conditional statements building it up piece by piece. > I thought I commented out the right part but I'm not sure now. > > The following is the contents of 2 files sendmail.~ (the original > file) and sendmail, my effort to comment out the appropriate line: > > *************************************************************** > sendmail.~ (the original file) > *************************************************************** > # 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: " > 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 > > *************************************************************** > sendmail (my modified file) > *************************************************************** > #!/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: " > > # 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alex Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 12:29 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: TEST.receive failure > > > > > > I have run through the test.deliver tests and it seems okay, as > near as I > > can tell. > > > > So, I did the remove of sendmail steps and set up qmail to start > > by itself. > > Everything seems ok, except for receiving remote mail > > > > I tried: > > > > TEST.recieve > > > > the first step is to run a telnet session. > > > > Here's what happens > > telnet 127.0.0.1 25 > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > Connected to 127.0.0.1 > > Escapee character is '^]' > > Connection closed by foreign host. > > > > So somehow post 25 is failing. > > > > I tried sending myself an email remotely but it's been more than > > 5 hours and > > nothing has bounced back and I can't seem to see any indication in the > > /var/log/maillog of an attempt to deliver. > > > > Alex Miller > > > >
