doug@zaphod.prime.com (03/21/89)
I need some help. I've recently built MH on a SUN 3 and it mostly all works. The problem is that when I send a piece of mail, either via comp and send or in xmh I not only get the piece of mail sent but also an entry with a null control file gets into /var/spool/mqueue. This happens both when MH is configured with just sendmail and also with sendmail/smtp. I'm using MH 6.1. The configuration is: bin /usr/local/mh bboards off etc /usr/local/lib/mh mail /usr/spool/mail manuals new mts sendmail/smtp options BSD42 BERK TTYD DUMB options MHE NETWORK RPATHS ATZ options SBACKUP='"\\043"' pop off Douglas Rand Internet: doug@zaphod.prime.com Usenet: primerd!zaphod!doug Phone: (508) - 879 - 2960 Mail: Prime Computer, 500 Old Conn Path, MS10C-17, Framingham, Ma 01701 -> The above opinions are mine alone.
doug@zaphod.prime.com (03/22/89)
More info for you MH wizards. I'm not running 6.1 but 6.4. The problem is isolated to a single workstation and the problem is as follows: For all other clients the connection happens to sendmail locally. For this one client the connection goes to the server. The symptom is that the mail is sent but garbage qf* lf* df* and xf* files are left in /var/spool/mqueue. send -watch yields a reasonable transaction (although to the wrong host, ie not local). Douglas Rand, PRIME doesn't believe a word I say, and fewer that I write. Prime Computer (508) - 879 - 2960 x4182 500 Old Conn Path, MS10C-17 doug@primerd.prime.com Framingham, Ma 01701
doug@zaphod.prime.com (03/22/89)
A conclusion and a warning. The problem is related to recent advise from SUN regarding sharing a single mail spool area amongst clients. For some reason this results in sendmail connections getting rerouted to the file server. The problem appears to be sendmail leaving garbage files behind. This does not appear to be a problem with MH at all. Thanks to everyone who tried to help on this. Douglas Rand, PRIME doesn't believe a word I say, and fewer that I write. Prime Computer (508) - 879 - 2960 x4182 500 Old Conn Path, MS10C-17 doug@primerd.prime.com Framingham, Ma 01701