From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 14 21:29:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CB6C16A402 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:29:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-227-250.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.227.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C2E913C448 for ; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:29:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p28.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l2ELSbph059544; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:28:37 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20070314162722.025238b0@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:28:28 -0500 To: Nagy =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=E1szl=F3?= Zsolt , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <45F867D4.4060405@freemail.hu> References: <45F86213.10604@designaproduct.biz> <6.0.0.22.2.20070314160910.024dc2f8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <45F867D4.4060405@freemail.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: sendmail not working? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:29:03 -0000 Postfix is the mail transfer agent, or MTA. That means it does the local= =20 delivery. In a sendmail only server you have two instances of sendmail=20 running one to send the mail, one as the MTA. You need at least one runnin= g. -Derek At 04:23 PM 3/14/2007, Nagy L=E1szl=F3 Zsolt wrote: >Derek Ragona wrote >>You need to make sure sendmail is starting and running. Check your=20 >>rc.conf and any variables that might need to be set. >Thanks! > >In my rc.conf: > >sendmail_enable=3D"NO" > >However, as I wrote, I was using postfix. I'm not a big guru but I believe= =20 >that postfix has its own daemon and it has a sendmail binary that is=20 >compatible with the system default sendmail. > >Anyway, your comment helped me a lot! I upgraded to 6.2 some weeks ago and= =20 >probably I did not reactivate postfix in /etc/mail/mailer.conf.=20 >Additionally, probably I forgot to merge the old mailer.conf with the new= =20 >one. I changed my rc.conf to this: > >sendmail_enable=3D"NO" >postfix_enable=3D"YES" > >Then I started postfix: > >messias# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/postfix start >postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system >messias# ps ax | grep postf >68249 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/local/libexec/postfix/master > >Yet I still do not get my emails: > >messias# mail gandalf >Subject: Test3 >. >EOT >Null message body; hope that's ok >messias# mail >Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help. >"/var/mail/gandalf": 1 message > > 1 MAILER-DAEMON@messia Fri Nov 10 12:27 13/664 "DON'T DELETE THIS= =20 > MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA" >& q >messias# sendmail gandalf >Test4. >. >messias# mail >Mail version 8.1 6/6/93. Type ? for help. >"/var/mail/gandalf": 1 message > > 1 MAILER-DAEMON@messia Fri Nov 10 12:27 13/664 "DON'T DELETE THIS= =20 > MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA" >& q > >Pawing in the dark... > > Laszlo > > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > --=20 This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.