Hi Kenneth: But did you change the /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail file to point elsewhere? Because it's pointing to the /usr/sbin/sendmail now and it's expecting it as a daemon.
Karen On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:18:10 -0600, Kenneth Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Filip, > > Thank you for your script! I have been looking up several alternative > paths now, and yours seem to be the better way to go. > > I had not noticed before that /usr/sbin/sendmail in fact only was a > symlink. I have been testing your script, and it is necessary for me to > modify it. > > This is what I did: > I stored your script on my own local machine, added execute permissions, > and made the symlink /usr/sbin/sendmail point to that file. > > I edited the script with the sendmail variable to point to > /etc/alternatives/mta (which points to the true sendmail executable on > all my redhat based systems) > > Then I tried to execute the following from command line: > > echo -e "test\ntest" | mail -s "test" "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > that gave the result "2.6/5.0"... > > The mail was sent, without any modification, but that's likely because I > did it on the command line. > > Anyway, the script has been of great help, and I will likely have a > filter in place some time next week. > > Best regards, > Kenneth > > > On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 17:43, Andrzej Adam Filip wrote: > > Kenneth Andresen wrote: > > > How is it possible to make such a sendmail wrapper script? Any links to > > > examples? > > > > No but you can modify the script below to fit your needs: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > # temporary directory > > TMPDIR=/tmp > > # temporary working file name - unix time and process ID > > TMPFILE=`/bin/date +%s`.$$ > > # temporary working file full path > > TMPPATH="$TMPDIR/$TMPFILE" > > # "true" sendmail path > > SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail > > # directory to keep "classified as spam" messages > > QUARANTINEDIR=/var/spool/quarantine > > > > # remove temporary file in case of problems > > trap "rm -f $TMPPATH" 0 1 2 3 15 > > > > # copy input to temporary file > > cat - > $TMPPATH > > # use spamc to check if it is a spam > > spamc -c < $TMPPATH > > > > if [ "$?" = "0" ] ; then > > # No spam or spamc error > > $SENDMAIL "$@" < $TMPPATH > > EXITCODE=$? > > rm $TMPPATH > > exit $EXITCODE > > else > > # classified as spam > > mv $TMPPATH $QUARANTINEDIR/$TMPFILE > > echo "$@" > $QUARANTINEDIR/$TMPFILE.options > > fi > > > >
