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Old 10-04-2013, 03:17 PM   #1
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Sendmail restart problem


# m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
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# /etc/init.d/sendmail restart
Shutting down sm-client: 0G[;31mFAILED;39m]
Shutting down sendmail: 0G[;31mFAILED;39m]
Starting sendmail: 554 5.0.0 No local mailer defined
554 5.0.0 QueueDirectory (Q) option must be set
0G[;31mFAILED;39m]
Starting sm-client: No local mailer defined
QueueDirectory (Q) option must be set
0G[;31mFAILED;39m]
 
Old 10-05-2013, 03:13 AM   #2
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Hi,

Most likely, you have an error in sendmail.mc that made the local mailer definition disappear (commented out).
Restore sendmail.mc from a backup and rebuild sendmail.cf. If in doubt post sendmail.mc to see what we can do

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