Sendmail problem

[juno2]

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

[Stuart Browne · Accepted solution]

What distribution of Linux, and what version of Sendmail?

[Steven E. Protter]

mailq

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

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

Type some text.



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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

[juno2]

RH 7.2 / sendmail should be 8.11

[Balaji N]

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]###############################
:

[Stuart Browne]

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* :)

[juno2]

Hi Balaji ,

It is exactly the case you said .

thx your reply

[Balaji N]

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