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(Red Hat 7.1)
During startup, when the sendmail daemon is loading, the processes hangs for about a minute and then finishes. When I log on, I check and sendmail is running.
I just reinstalled and did not have this problem before.
How can I fix it?
error27
09-12-2001, 08:00 AM
perhaps check the log files or restart from the command line in verbose mode and tell us some error messages?
bdg1983
09-12-2001, 08:21 AM
Do you want to disable Sendmail from starting/running?
If you do, then you can most likely use linuxconf to enable/disable services.
Just by chance you use KDE, then use the KDE Control Center under ?? system/services.
Originally posted by mdwatts the 3rd:
<STRONG>Do you want to disable Sendmail from starting/running?
If you do, then you can most likely use linuxconf to enable/disable services.
Just by chance you use KDE, then use the KDE Control Center under ?? system/services.</STRONG>
Do I need sendmail to send or receive email (dialup internet connection)
error27
09-13-2001, 09:20 PM
No. just use your isp's pop3 to get mail and imap to send mail.
Try configure your email client to do that and then uninstall sendmail.
error27, thanks for the advice
I was going to uninstall it but 2 other programs needed it and so I didn't. I'll post the names of them later.
For some reason the proplem at startup has not happened the last few times.
How do I restart in verbose mode?
The other packages are fetchmail and mutt.
I uninstalled sendmail, and the other two.
error27
09-14-2001, 12:10 AM
Good. Always happy to make someone's system more secure.
Those two programs are not important for most people.
Basically I got stall problems with sendmail when I do not put my hostname at /etc/hosts
Maybe it stalls trying to guess what is your (its) hostname...
Try adding a line to your /etc/hosts with your machine name.
Originally posted by dud:
<STRONG>Basically I got stall problems with sendmail when I do not put my hostname at /etc/hosts
Maybe it stalls trying to guess what is your (its) hostname...
Try adding a line to your /etc/hosts with your machine name.</STRONG>
yes, it's possible that I have not set that yet since I reinstalled. I'll check it.