topic Re: Sendmail problem in Operating System - Linux

Sendmail problem

juno2 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:43:03 GMT

We use sendmail to send out the mail , but sometimes some mails was disappeared in our system, these mails will be sent out when the system reboot , but I can't find these mails in webmin -- > server -- > sendmail configuration -- > mail queue (mailq) , so I think the mail is stored in the linux system , can suggest how to check what mails are stored in the system or pending to sendout ? thx

Re: Sendmail problem

Stuart Browne — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 01:24:33 GMT

What distribution of Linux, and what version of Sendmail?

Re: Sendmail problem

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:06:13 GMT

mailq

That shows mails that can't get off the box.

sendmail -v -d8 -d38 someone@yahoo.com

Type some text.

.

This will get you diagnostics.

Here is my mailq output.

/var/spool/mqueue is empty

Your's cant be if after boot you are getting mails flying out.

There is a mail log in /var

Check it.

SEP

Re: Sendmail problem

juno2 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:11:03 GMT

RH 7.2 / sendmail should be 8.11

Re: Sendmail problem

Balaji N — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 03:11:29 GMT

hi
ur question is not clear.

u tried mailq and there is no pending mails

but when u reboot the server, these mails are being sent? am i getting it right?

is it that you are having a mail relay and the relay is delaying the sending of severs.

if there is some output in mailq, you can send them using this command. see snipped lost below.

$ cat 075.lost
:
####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]#######################

Sub : Sending pending mail in queue LOST #075

Sendmail did mot manage to send few mails during the last time
you despatched mail, and mailq command shows them spooled. To
send out pending mail in mail queue, as root do: #sendmail -q

####[bish (at) nde.vsnl.net.in]###############################
:

Re: Sendmail problem

Stuart Browne — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 03:43:04 GMT

In which case you wouldn't have a /etc/mail/submit.cf and thus not have a /var/spool/clientqueue/ ...

Ok, ignore me now *nod* :)

Re: Sendmail problem

juno2 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:28:02 GMT

Hi Balaji ,

It is exactly the case you said .

thx your reply

Re: Sendmail problem

Balaji N — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 06:40:51 GMT

thats Kewl. my magical powers are working :-)
-balaji