Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:39:20 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick@mip.co.za> To: "FreeBSD Question List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Sendmail problem Message-ID: <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIMEFCCLAA.patrick@mip.co.za>
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Hi all, I have been running a freeBSD mail server for our company for ages with no problems (this would probably be a good time to admit that it has not been upgraded since the year dot (uname reports FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE). If it ain't broke - don't fix it! :) In the last few day I am suddenly having problems with our remote users (on another site, connected via a VPN) who SMTP via this server, and I'm stumped. When I do "ps -ax | grep sendmail" on the server, I get: 404 ?? S 0:00.02 sendmail: server stuart.mydomain [10.3.15.113] child wait (sendmail) 405 ?? S 0:00.02 sendmail: MAA00405 stuart.mydomain [10.3.15.113]: DATA (sendmail) Now, I've never seen these processes before. I presume they usually run so quickly accepting mail from the client that one does not catch them, but these are hanging around "forever". Eventually the mail client (Outlook in this case) times out and report some arbitrary M$ error at the TCP/IP connection. The same users are still able to POP just fine, and even HTTP on the same box (our Intranet server is the same box) is fine, so I think it is safe to rule out any routing problem. I've also checked the firewall logs, and there are no deny message there. It's one of those strange problems, because "We haven't changed a thing!". Where have you heard that before? :) Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Patrick O'Reilly --- A little knowledge is dangerous. FEAR ME! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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