From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 16 13:22:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA13512 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:22:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA13459 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:22:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20108; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:21:26 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199811162121.PAA20108@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: group writable directory error with majordomo In-Reply-To: <023001be11a5$798778b0$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org> from "Alain G. Fabry" at "Nov 16, 98 03:10:01 pm" To: fabry@panam.edu (Alain G. Fabry) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:21:26 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm not running 8.9.1 yet, but I think I saw in the FAQ on www.sendmail.org something about majordomo failing with 8.9.1. Or maybe it was on the majordomo mailing list. In a previous message, Alain G. Fabry said: > I've updated our sendmail to 8.9.1. After this update, majordomo is giving > me an error..... > > 550 :include:/usr/local/majordomo/lists/panam-alumni...cannot open > /usr/local/majordomo/lists/panam-alumni: Group writable directory > Message delivered to mailing list panam-alumni-outgoing > 554 panam-alumni-outgoing... aliasing/forwarding loop broken > > With the update to sendmail 8.9.1 there is no more relaying on our server. > All the subscribers to the list are from outside the domain except for > myself. Nobody, including myself cannot send any more mail to the list. > What could be the problem and how can i solve it? > Thanks, > > Alain > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Well, you never told me I couldn't do that. --from "Excuses, Excuses" *the* compendium of excuses by Leigh W. Rutledge To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message