Re: smail errors

[joost@pc47.mpn.cp.philips.com]

On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Zachary DeAquila wrote:

> Hi, I've got
> Linux zachs 2.0.32 #1 Tue Nov 25 17:21:48 CST 1997 i686 unknown
> running
> ii  smail           3.2.0.92-3     Electronic mail transport system.
> and smail has started exiting apparently randomly; I'm wondering if 
> 1) anyone has suggestions on how/why it might do so
> 2) whether debian 2.0 is stable enough that I should just upgrade my
> system and hope that fixes things.  (production system that a couple
> dozen people (including me) depend on )

Debian 2.0, though not released officially, is very stable.  Upgrading is
not as easy as just updating a couple of packages, because you are
upgrading your whole system at once.  Nevertheless, it can be done safely
and while running multi-user (no rebooting with a rescue floppy or
*shudder* repartitioning your disks), if you do it the right way.

Look for the upgrade-HOWTO or wait a few days for the official Hamm beta
to be announced.  The announcement will have pointers to upgrade
documentation.

Cheers,


Joost

Note: when you upgrade a smail that runs from inetd, check /etc/inetd.conf
and look if still has a line for smtp.  Smail has recently had a habit of
leaving it commented out or even removing the line altogether. 



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