On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi guys, umm, seems fairly trivial, but nobody answered.. :-( if they are so trivial - google for it, and look at sendmail.org . > 1. When pine is delivering an outgoing mail for a non-root user, it > concludes with "Mail not sent. Sending error: 451 4.0.0 collect: Cannot > write ./dfg5HA" > > Precisely *where* is it trying to write this temp file during the sending > process?All the (relevant) user's folders are 100% write-permitted by this > user, and so is /var/spool/mqueue. Machine runs sendmail. use the 'strace', luke... > 2. My Sendmail SMTP server doesn't spool. > Instead, it tries to MX-lookup&send simultaneously as it is being asked to > relay by MS Outlook Express. > Example of when this was a bad thing: > The Technion was inaccessible from the IIX and one of my recepients was on > the t2. > This is the flow of events: > 1. OE client contacts Sendmail server, and gets as far as the "rcpt: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" line. > 2. Sendmail starts looking up MX record for the t2.tech.. domain. > Meanwhile, it stops reacting. > 3. Technion's DNS is inaccessible at the time, so sendmail times out > ~2 minutes later. > 4. Long before the sendmail times out, the OE times out. (I know this > timeout can be manipulated in OE) > How can I change this behaviour so sendmail accepts the mail for delivery > no-matter-what, and bounce it back if it don't go through in, say, 24 > hours? this one's a trivia that can be found on sendmail.org or by reading through the /etc/sendmail.cf file. no, i don't remembe the exact option by heart. yes, its out there. -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
