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Re: Sendmail and mutt problems



On Saturday 25 August 2001 15:50 pm, Craig Holyoak wrote:

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> From: Craig Holyoak <craigh@uq.net.au>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Sendmail and mutt problems
> Message-ID: <[🔎] Pine.OSF.4.30.0108260647210.21611-100000@fox.uq.net.au>

> I am trying to use mutt to send my email. Sendmail is my mailer. Whenever
> I try to send a message, I get the error:
>
>   Program mode requires special privileges, e.g., root or TrustedUser.

Looks like you have a different username in your From line than your actual 
login username.  Sendmail balks at that unless you're listed on the 
TrustedUser line in sendmail.cf.  I think you can also run sendmail with a -f 
switch to get around that restriction.  In either case, you'll probably have 
to have root on the box in question to restart sendmail.

-- 
Bud Rogers <budr@sirinet.net>   http://www.sirinet.net/~budr
All things in moderation.  And not too much moderation either.



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