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
>
>
