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From: Ian Vaudrey <ivaudrey@test.nemko.ltd.uk>
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That fixed it. Thanks, Dan.

 - Ian

Dan Busarow wrote:
> 
> With 8.8.5 I had to create my own /var/run/sendmail.pid.  sendmail
> wouldn't create one, but also gave no messages.  Could be that in
> 8.8.6 they added the message and you haven't had a sendmail.pid
> all along.  (I haven't installed .6 so I can't check the source,
> safefopen() in util.c is the function that should be creating it)
> Anyway, try creating /var/run/sendmail.pid yourself, 644 root.bin.
> 
> Dan
>