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Old 05-14-2010, 07:54 AM   #1
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mutt didn't send email via .sh file after reboot


I restarted a server yesterday for the first time in 2 years, but a shell script that send out an email every night via a mutt command line didn't work last night.

I don't know anything about mutt. do i have to start something in order for it to be able to work? is there a log i can look at to see what did or didn't happen making it not work?
 
Old 05-14-2010, 08:44 AM   #2
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I restarted a server yesterday for the first time in 2 years, but a shell script that send out an email every night via a mutt command line didn't work last night.

I don't know anything about mutt. do i have to start something in order for it to be able to work? is there a log i can look at to see what did or didn't happen making it not work?

Hmm...you have to find out how and where this script runs from.
It could be a cron job or it could have just been started manually.
It could be in rc.local even.
Either way....best to check the crontab and system cron to see if the entry for the script resides there.
Mutt is just a command line mail MUA package - similar to mailx or mail.
It does not run as a service or anything.
It is possible that your MTA (eg sendmail/postfix) may not have started?? You will need to do a bit of digging here, report back, then we can tell you the next step.
 
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Old 05-14-2010, 08:46 AM   #3
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I see lines in my cron log that the script ran, so I think that's ok.

How do I know what MTA it uses, and how do i start it if its not running?
 
Old 05-14-2010, 08:52 AM   #4
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I did a ./sendmail start and the email came through!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But how can I tell why it didn't start automatically when I restarted the server, or if it was even set to start automatically after a reboot?
 
Old 05-14-2010, 09:37 AM   #5
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chkconfig, that's how. I looked in inittab and i'm at default runlevel 3, and for 3 sendmail is off. i changed it to on. this is scary, i think i'm actually learning something.
 
  


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