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Old 01-18-2011, 11:40 PM   #1
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Sendmail server


Hi friends,

When i start sendmail service i got like this erro.

Shutting down sendmail: [FAILED]
Starting sendmail: sendmail: usage: sendmail [ -t ] [ -fsender ] [ -Fname ] [ -bp ] [ -bs ] [ arg ... ]
[FAILED]
Starting sm-client: sendmail: illegal option -- L
sendmail: usage: sendmail [ -t ] [ -fsender ] [ -Fname ] [ -bp ] [ -bs ] [ arg ... ]
[FAILED]

Previously qmail is running. now i configured sendmail. i am using centos5.2
Thanks for any solutions.
 
Old 01-19-2011, 12:40 AM   #2
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It probably means sendmail was not installed!

Install it THEN uninstall the other mail handler.
 
Old 01-19-2011, 02:51 AM   #3
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You are still running the sendmail replacement that comes with qmail. Check the symlink
Code:
ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail
and change it to point to the actual sendmail (iirc in Centos it's /etc/alternatives/mta)
Or uninstall qmail and reinstall sendmail

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Old 01-19-2011, 05:16 PM   #4
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Make sure you install sendmail first, then uninstall qmail
If you don't you will get dependency hell!
 
Old 01-19-2011, 11:02 PM   #5
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sendmail server

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Originally Posted by A.Thyssen View Post
Make sure you install sendmail first, then uninstall qmail
If you don't you will get dependency hell!
Thanks for the reply.

I install qmail and install sendmail rpms.
now i restart sendmail service nothing i will get.
just i got prompt aganin. no logs i cant find. strange.
Please help me how to sorted out this.
 
Old 01-19-2011, 11:41 PM   #6
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uninstall qmail now.

Also sendmail by default is not set up to recieve mail from a remote system, only local mail which it will then remotely send.

To change this you also need the sendmail-cf package
edit the "/etc/mail/sendmail.mc" file, and run "make" in that directory.
 
Old 01-19-2011, 11:53 PM   #7
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Use the 'alternatives' cmd http://shriikant.blogspot.com/2009/0...hel-based.html and also see Chap 23 http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_boo...ion/index.html
In particular, see this note re enabling sendmail to send/recv outside the box it's on
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The default sendmail.cf file does not allow Sendmail to accept network connections from any host other than the local computer. To configure Sendmail as a server for other clients, edit the /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file, and either change the address specified in the Addr= option of the DAEMON_OPTIONS directive from 127.0.0.1 to the IP address of an active network device or comment out the DAEMON_OPTIONS directive all together by placing dnl at the beginning of the line. When finished, regenerate /etc/mail/sendmail.cf by executing the following command:

m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
 
  


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