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Old 03-31-2008, 03:08 AM   #1
unkie888
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sendmail will not start


I have a clean installation of FC6.

I cannot start sendmail;

Code:
# service sendmail start
Starting sendmail: sendmail: usage: sendmail [ -t ] [ -fsender ] [ -Fname ] [ -bp ] [ -bs ] [ arg ... ]
                                                           [FAILED]
 
Old 03-31-2008, 06:44 AM   #2
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Looks like you're missing the /etc/rc.dinit.d/sendmail SysV initscript. How did you install Sendmail? Are you aware FC6 is deprecated? If you want to keep up with Fedora you'll have to upgrade to F7 and on to F8.
 
  


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