[TriLUG] Sendmail oddities

[Jon Carnes]

The version of mailscanner that I'm running (not the latest and
greatest) uses:
  /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/<pid>/

Good luck.

On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 14:28, mark at thefowles.com wrote:
> Is the incoming mail thats not being processed in 
> /var/spool/MailScanner/....   or  /var/spool/mqueue   or
> /var/spool/clientqueue ?
> 
> I think the messages are in parts and have long names qfk2349... something
> along those lines...  ?
> 
> - Mark
> 
> > Yeah, it's supposed to, which is why I suspect the buggered MailScanner
> > installation as the root of the problem..  but I'm still curious as to
> > why sendmail appears to start and be running of its own, according to
> > the initscripts, but isn't according to webmin.  I suppose the thing to
> > do would be fixing MailScanner...  Eventually I do want its functionality.
> >
> > ~B
> >
> > mark at thefowles.com wrote:
> >> I may be wrong, but doesn't MailScanner once installed take the place of
> >> "sendmail" as far as control?
> >>
> >>> Hi Gang,
> >>>    I think this is related to a buggered MailScanner install, but take
> >>> a
> >>> look and let me know if it sounds like a good hunch:
> >>>
> >>> (FC3 server on relatively new hardware)
> >>>
> >>> - During init, MailScanner tries to start but fails due to
> >>> something-or-other.  Bad config, maybe; just haven't had time to futz
> >>> with it.
> >>> - Later in init, sendmail starts with an [ OK ] result.
> >>>
> >>> All seems well.  Furthermore:
> >>> from somewhere outside, telnet myserver.net 25 results in a normal
> >>> conversation with sendmail, from MAIL FROM:<...> through DATA ... all
> >>> the way to RSET and QUIT.  200-code success on every command.
> >>>
> >>> HOWEVER...
> >>> The message from said entirely normal conversation seems, by all
> >>> appearances, to be falling into the bit bucket--it does not end up in
> >>> the recipient's mailbox.  Yet:
> >>>
> >>> % service sendmail status
> >>> sendmail (pid blah blah blah) is running...
> >>>
> >>> % service dovecot status
> >>> dovecot (pid blah blah blah) is running...
> >>>
> >>> BUT:
> >>> when I go to the sendmail module of webmin on that server, the
> >>> start/stop button at the bottom is showing the START option, not the
> >>> STOP option, and once I click Start Sendmail in webmin, sendmail begins
> >>> actually functioning correctly.
> >>>
> >>> So:
> >>> - Why does sendmail indicate itself to be running to the service
> >>> command
> >>> (and the init script), and carry out valid conversations on port 25, if
> >>> it's not really running [correctly]?
> >>> - Where do those messages go?
> >>> - And how come only webmin is alert enough to realize that sendmail is
> >>> in fact /not/ running [properly], and is able to correct it?  What does
> >>> it know that I don't? (obviously lots, but still...)
> >>>
> >>> Thanks a ton,
> >>> ~Brian
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> ----------------
> >>> Brian A. Henning
> >>> strutmasters.com
> >>> 336.597.2397x238
> >>> ----------------
> >>> --
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> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> >>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> >>> believed to be clean.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > ----------------
> > Brian A. Henning
> > strutmasters.com
> > 336.597.2397x238
> > ----------------
> > --
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> >
> > --
> > This message has been scanned for viruses and
> > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> > believed to be clean.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.