I'm also trying to use Matts FormMail, and while it does most of what it is
supposed to do correctly I cannot make it require fields to be entered. It is
a feature, but I can't seem to get it right. Could someone who knows the
product help me?
"Michael A. Stone" wrote:
> >I have FormMail.pl from Matts Script Archive (no snickers please).
> >Well it works perfectly, redirects, validators, etc, only one problem...
> >IT WONT SEND THE EMAIL!!!. heh. Any ideas?
>
> check the settings in the script to see what filepath it's using to find
> the mailer. sendmail has several different, equally traditional locations
> including /usr/bin/sendmail, /usr/sbin/sendmail, /usr/ucblib/sendmail, etc.
>
> it's been a *long* time since i looked at FormMail, but i vaguely recall it
> not checking to see if the mailer actually exists before trying to write to
> it.
>
> the fastest way to find the declaration will be to use a simple 'grep
> sendmail' command on the script and resuorce files until something appears.
> then do a 'which sendmail' to see if the two match.
>
> >Second.. POP mail...
> >It doesnt want to authorize, even if I telnet to it 110, it wont auth.
> >Im using Qpop, any ideas there?
>
> take a look in your /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf files to see if
> you've turned on the popper. most internet services don't run full-time,
> they're launched on an at-need basis by 'inetd', the general-purpose
> internet server daemon. inetd keeps a database of port numbers and
> program startup parameters which it generates from the information in those
> two files.
>
> if inetd is actually launching the popper, but you're failing out on the
> user authentication stage (i.e.: checking the password), i'm not sure what
> the problem would be. permissions problems are always a good place to
> start looking.. if the popper itself isn't running as root, it won't be
> allowed to bind to port 110 for security reasons.
>
> the same might be true if it's specified to run as root in /etc/inetd.conf,
> but isn't actually owned by root. there are all sortsa places where the
> built-in ownership checking might give you hassles if you try to run a
> non-root program as root. fortunately, the solution is simple: 'chown
> root ; chgrp root ; chmod 0111'.
>
> mike stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'net geek..
> been there, done that, have network, will travel.
>
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