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From: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.COM>
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Glen Foster <gfoster@gfoster.com> writes:

> Kick all your users off the system, then do this (as root)
> 
> kill -9 `cat /var/run/sendmail.pid`
> cd /var
> mv -f mail/* /usr/spool/mail
> rm -rf mail
> ln -s /usr/spool/mail mail
> chmod 755 /usr/spool/mail
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -bd -q30m

Why kill -9?  Do you have actual experience with sendmail not responding
to a SIGTERM, or do you just believe that programs should never be
given a chance to shut down cleanly :-)?

Jim Shankland
Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc.