andrewd@cs.tamu.edu (Andrew Ted Duchowski) (06/05/91)
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andrewd@cs.tamu.edu (Andrew Ted Duchowski) (06/11/91)
I posted this sometime ago, but forgot to include the file, so I posted a blank message. No wonder I didn't get any replies - duhh (sorry for wasting bandwidth). Here's the original problem: --------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings, I thought I had the damn thing all configured - guess not. Can someone help me out with configuring mail on my SGI Personal Iris? Here's the set-up: -machine name: ieiris.tamu.edu -running IRIX 3.3 -want to use mail_bsd interface -I think I've configured my /usr/lib/sendmail.cf correctly (basically followed the hints at the top of the file) -I think my /etc/init.d/mail set up file is ok too. -my spool directory is /usr/spool/mqueue -my post office directory is /usr/mail -sendmail is running as /usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q15m Here's the problem: -lots of files appearing in /usr/spool/mqueue, of the form dfAA13034 (data files), I can spot some user names in there and stuff, so I think sendmail is spooling -no user can get mail, although I've sent to myself (andrewd@ieiris.tamu.edu) from another machine, and I've seen stuff happen in the spool directory, there is never any mail for andrewd on ieiris. -I have seen a process (via ps -ef) resembling "send-mail -i andrewd" but I'm not sure what it is or what it is trying to do - I can see no reference to "send-mail" in any manual or man page. Is this supposed to be "/bin/mail -d andrewd" or something, and if so, how does one change it? -I've seen the message: "andrewd...recipient name required" come up. I can't recall right now exactly what I was doing, but I've seen this. -I've also seen the message: "(something)...can't resolve name". I think this may be an unrelated problem though, although this is disturbing as well (my /etc/hosts file is ok). -Sending to other local machines, the mail seems to get lost, but doesn't bounce (or at least I can't tell if it does). Is my sendmail.cf seriously f***ed or what? I've read the "Mail Reference Manual" but can't seem to come up with anything useful. Could someone please help me? Thanks in advance, and please mail to "andrewd@cs.tamu.edu" with any ideas/suggestions. Andrew Duchowski -- -------------- Not an Official Texas A&M University Document --------------