Wietse:
> What are the name and arguments of the program that is waiting?

Stephan:
> this is a php script using the mail command ...
> $retour=mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers, $option5);

Wietse:
> This uses /usr/sbin/sendmail.  It places your messages into the
> /var/spool/postfix/maildrop directory, where they wait to be picked
> up by Postfix (but only when Postfix is running).

Stephan:
> I though that I was dealing directly with postfix from php cli .... (I 
> am using ubuntu 10.04LTS).

Postfix installs its own sendmail command, to avoid breaking PHP
etc.  This was a smarter move than having to re-educate people.

        Wietse

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