I may be wrong, but doesn't MailScanner once installed take the place of "sendmail" as far as control?
> Hi Gang, > I think this is related to a buggered MailScanner install, but take a > look and let me know if it sounds like a good hunch: > > (FC3 server on relatively new hardware) > > - During init, MailScanner tries to start but fails due to > something-or-other. Bad config, maybe; just haven't had time to futz > with it. > - Later in init, sendmail starts with an [ OK ] result. > > All seems well. Furthermore: > from somewhere outside, telnet myserver.net 25 results in a normal > conversation with sendmail, from MAIL FROM:<...> through DATA ... all > the way to RSET and QUIT. 200-code success on every command. > > HOWEVER... > The message from said entirely normal conversation seems, by all > appearances, to be falling into the bit bucket--it does not end up in > the recipient's mailbox. Yet: > > % service sendmail status > sendmail (pid blah blah blah) is running... > > % service dovecot status > dovecot (pid blah blah blah) is running... > > BUT: > when I go to the sendmail module of webmin on that server, the > start/stop button at the bottom is showing the START option, not the > STOP option, and once I click Start Sendmail in webmin, sendmail begins > actually functioning correctly. > > So: > - Why does sendmail indicate itself to be running to the service command > (and the init script), and carry out valid conversations on port 25, if > it's not really running [correctly]? > - Where do those messages go? > - And how come only webmin is alert enough to realize that sendmail is > in fact /not/ running [properly], and is able to correct it? What does > it know that I don't? (obviously lots, but still...) > > Thanks a ton, > ~Brian > > > -- > ---------------- > Brian A. Henning > strutmasters.com > 336.597.2397x238 > ---------------- > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
