From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 16 14:38:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CFE616A4CE for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:38:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from meisai.numachi.com (meisai.numachi.com [198.175.254.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D513443D2D for ; Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:38:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reichert@numachi.com) Received: (qmail 2749 invoked from network); 16 Apr 2005 14:38:30 -0000 Received: from natto.numachi.com (198.175.254.216) by meisai.numachi.com with SMTP; 16 Apr 2005 14:38:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 55191 invoked by uid 1001); 16 Apr 2005 14:38:26 -0000 Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 10:38:26 -0400 From: Brian Reichert To: Warren Message-ID: <20050416143826.GP19606@numachi.com> References: <200504162256.04288.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> <20050416134513.GN19606@numachi.com> <200504170005.52802.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200504170005.52802.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: Brian Reichert cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /var/spool/clientmque 185meg X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 14:38:32 -0000 On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 12:05:52AM +1000, Warren wrote: > > Is the undelivered mail destined to local users, or are there any > > remote users involved? > > I had a .forward to anold email address and i was away and had a problem with > the machine and the emails bounced then they bounced etc etc .. If i can get > em into root on the same machien i can then d/l em across the network. I'm confused (my knowledge of sendmail is getting stale): if the mail bounced, or double-bounced, it should ultimately end up in someone's mail folder, either the originators, or, if that can't work, postmaster's. If you have mail in /var/spool/clientmqueue, then it sounds like mail hasn't been delivered yet. What does 'mailq' show you? Is the undelivered mail destined for a local user (yourself, or postmaster), or is it destined for a remote address? If it's destined for a local user, you should be able to use aliases to vector it into the mailbox you want. See aliases(5). If it's destined for a local user, but not being delivered, then we'd have to look a little deeper... What are your sendmail-related settings in rc.conf? > -- > Yours Sincerely > Shinjii > http://www.shinji.nq.nu -- Brian Reichert 55 Crystal Ave. #286 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1725 USA BSD admin/developer at large