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Subject: misc/25218: mailwrapper invokes sendmail when resources are tight
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>Number:         25218
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       mailwrapper invokes sendmail when resources are tight
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 19 17:20:02 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter van Dijk
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Vuurwerk Internet
>Environment:

FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE. This code hasn't changed for a while, I think :)

>Description:

If mailwrapper can't open /etc/mail/mailer.conf (which may happen when
resources are tight) it defaults to starting sendmail instead of aborting.
This is a terrible bug. Mail administrators everywhere have chosen an MTA
*other* than sendmail. The sendmail configuration on a box might not be
setup correctly. These admins expect mailwrapper to start their MTA :)

>How-To-Repeat:

I have not reproduced the situation. It should be obvious from the code.

>Fix:

Make mailwrapper abort if it can't read /etc/mail/mailer.conf, like it does
when it can't find a mapping.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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