Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 16:37:36 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "New Star Service Company" <nestar@globalctg.net>, "Norbert Koch" <nk@LF.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fetchmail problem Message-ID: <002401c0793d$7f34b320$847e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101071800520.251-100000@satyajit.spnetctg.com> <vzelyf4jsh.fsf@lamia.LF.net> <001501c07939$9ad4ada0$da2005ca@nestar>
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The first thing I do to check sendmail is running is "ps -auxw | grep sendmail" Usually that returns something like "sendmail accepting connections on port 25" In the rare case its not running, I add a line in /etc/rc.conf like "sendmail_enable="YES", then run "sendmail -bd -q30m" to start it ----- Original Message ----- From: "New Star Service Company" <nestar@globalctg.net> To: "Norbert Koch" <nk@LF.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 4:08 PM Subject: Re: fetchmail problem > Me to also face same problem. > How can I understand my sendmail is runing, if it is not run how can i run > it ? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Norbert Koch <nk@LF.net> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 6:40 PM > Subject: Re: fetchmail problem > > > > Satyajit Das <satyajit@spnetctg.com> writes: > > > > Hi! > > > > [...] > > > bash-2.03$ fetchmail -K pop.spnetctg.com > > > enter password here : > > > > > > 23 message for satyajit at pop.spnetctg.com(74641 octets). > > > reading message 1 of 23(3797 octets) ..fetchmail:SMTP connect to > localhost > > > failed > > > Fetchmail:SMTP transaction error while fetching from pop.spnetctg.com > > > fetchmail: Query status = 10 > > > > Fetchmail tries to connect to sendmail on your local box to deliver the > > mail. It looks like you don't have a sendmail daemon running. > > > > norbert. > > -- > > LIFE is a never-ending INFORMERCIAL! > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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