Re: My mail doesn't work at all :((((((((((((((( (fwd)
On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, George Bonser wrote:
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> On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote:
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> > Dear all,
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> > No reply, so some more info:
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> > when trying /etc/init.d/exim start|stop|reload or anything, I get no
> > message like starting MTA.... I suspect this may be connected with my
> > problem. How can I get it working properly, please?
> >
> > Matthew
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> That is because if you look at the /etc/init.d/exim script, you will see
> that the first command is
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> exit 0
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> This is because exim is normally configured to run from inetd and not as a
> stand alone daemon. There is a bug when replacing exim with smail. On
> removal, smail completely deletes the smtp entry in /etc/inetd.conf and
> exim does not add a new one.
Well, the smtp line is:
smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs
is this right? and if so, do you have any idea why mail doesn't work?
Matthew
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