1. smail has intermittent fits; FAQ available?
hi,
forgive me if this is anewbie & very dumb question.
I run linux 1.1.18 from the InfoMagic Slackware distribution. I am
connected to the internet via a SLIP line. I am runnign Smail /\==/\
Smail3.1.28.1 #28.5 (that's what smail -V prints).
occassionally, well more than occasionally, smail decides its not going
to deliver the mail. it chucks it into its /var/spool/smail/error dir. I
have to manually move this mail from there into its input dir.
I can supply my setup files if you want, although they are basically what
the install/config script setup for me.
hgere is the error messages it prints (to standard output!) when this
opccurs:
world: path database maps/world, open failed: Connection refused
sendmail: mail moved to /var/spool/smail/error/0qmwVy-000IVXC
Later, when i move the message into the input dir, it sends it ok. i
don't have to change anything, excpet just moving the mail toi the input dir.
There is a similar error that occurs if the SLIP link is down (of course
- this wasn't the problem above, as I was telnetted in) - how can i
modify smail's behaviour so that it merely queues the mail?
i have chacked the linux mail HOWTO which doesn't tell me anything
(excpet that it should work "out of the box" ;-) ) and the man pages that
i can find.
any help would be appreciated, even if its a pointer to the FAQ.
thanks, scot.
PS sorry for the typos: i'm in a hurry (i'm late!!) and this telnet link
is pretty clogged right now so its a bit of a pain to correct spelling
errors. ;-)
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