Thanks John, I have done some of that but will double check. One thing I noticed is that when running the "make install-cf" command to install the new compile, it fails because of a missing "../devtools/bin/install.sh" So I just copied the new sendmail.cf to where it belongs -- there is already a submit.cf there, and the docs say that submit.cf is OS independent. But it gives me the same errors with the stock files too, so for starters I would be happy to get those pre-built configurations to work. On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, John covici wrote: > Well, check the permissions on the queue and other directories -- be > careful the newer versions of sendmail uses two copies of the binary > and you need a sendmail.mc and submit.mc to make this work. Be sure > to read the SECURITY file and the cf/README to see what is going on. > > on Monday 09/30/2002 Charles Hallenbeck(hallenbeck at valstar.net) wrote > > I have just upgraded my Slackware distro from 8.0 to 8.1 and have > > everything working okay, except sendmail. I cannot get it to work > > with the canned configurations, nor with one I compiled myself > > (with Steve Holmes help). > > > > I am really tempted to abandon sendmail for another smtp program > > and I wonder what alternatives to sendmail others have used. > > > > In case I am overlooking something obvious, here is the error > > message I consistently get when running fetchmail to pull down > > mail from my ISP. Sendmail does not work for outgoing mail > > either. > > > > In response to fetchmail: > > > > 2 messages for hallenbeck at mail.valstar.net (8519 octets). > > reading message hallenbeck at mail.valstar.net:1 of 2 (2991 octets) > > ..fetchmail: SMTP error: 421 4.3.0 collect: Cannot write > > ./dfg8UISIMc001731 (bfcommit, uid=0, gid=25): Permission denied > > not flushed > > reading message hallenbeck at mail.valstar.net:2 of 2 (5528 octets) > > ..fetchmail: SIGPIPE thrown from an MDA or a stream socket error > > fetchmail: socket error while fetching from in.valstar.net > > fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET) > > fetchmail: terminated with signal 13 > > > > ---------- > > > > The error on the second message seems to be a side effect of the > > first one. I get these two errors even if there are more than two > > messages waiting. > > > > So - what I need is - if you see something obvious here that will > > help, I would appreciate knowing what it is. Or - if you use an > > alternative to sendmail and can recommend it, I would like to > > know about that too. > > > > I am ready to sell this box and dust off my trusty abacus! > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > -- > > The Moon is Waning Crescent (39% of Full) > > So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (39% of Full) So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck
