Yeah, it's supposed to, which is why I suspect the buggered MailScanner
installation as the root of the problem.. but I'm still curious as to
why sendmail appears to start and be running of its own, according to
the initscripts, but isn't according to webmin. I suppose the thing to
do would be fixing MailScanner... Eventually I do want its functionality.
~B
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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
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