Re: Help with msmtp-mta
geoadmin@sapo.pt writes:
> I was going throught msmtp docs at the debian wiki,but I'm still
> having trouble setting msmtp-mta.
I guess you're talking about this wiki page:
https://wiki.debian.org/msmtp
I've just reviewed it and updated it with a few improvements.
> [...] what would be the best channel to request support on this?
I don't know why you think I could particularly help you on msmtp, I
don't use it (I use mpop though).
I *think* you can discuss your issue on debian-user@lists.debian.org (I
have added it in Cc), to which I suggest you subscribe. Another
possibility, if you are quite sure that there is an software issue
behind this, is to file a new bugreport (with e.g. the "reportbug" tool)
targetting the software you think is the culprit.
> The msmtp is working fine following the instruction on the wiki and
> elsewhere (this email is sent using msmtp), however web apps (in my
> case GNU Social), and anything else calling the mail command return
> errors:
> eg
>
> mail -s teste another@external.email < /dev/null
>
> returns:
>
> mail: Null message body; hope that's ok
> mail: cannot send message: Process exited with a non-zero status
>
> and:
> $ echo $?
> 36
These error messages are insufficient to understand what's wrong. Is it
all?
I suspect the process which "mail" talks about is in fact
/usr/bin/sendmail, which resolves as one of the msmtp programs; you can
check that by following the /usr/bin/sendmail symlink, and by using
strace to see which child process of "mail" is the cause of this error
message:
strace -e trace=process -o /tmp/strace.log mail -s ...
If I understood correctly, there is a msmtp daemon running somewhere.
Have you looked at its logs?
> I tried uninstalling mailutils and msmtp-mta, then trying reinstalling
> the msmtp-mta only but then the mail command is not found.
I think uninstalling mailutils is a bad idea here.
> Also started msmtpd daemin manually, but doesn't seem to make a
> difference.
>
> I understood msmtp + msmtp-mta would suffice, but it appears not?
>
> I've tried several support channels, but few people seem to know
> enough to help.
>
> Could you help on this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> josely
--
Fabrice Bauzac-Stehly
PGP 01EEACF8244E9C14B551C5256ADA5F189BD322B6
old PGP 015AE9B25DCB0511D200A75DE5674DEA514C891D
Reply to: