[cobalt-users] sendmail error when sending mail on a raq

[Luc Schiltz <becher@xxxxxx>]

hi,

SMTP: Connecting to host [web.lu] on Thu Feb 03 13:53:12 2000
SMTP: 13:53:13 [rx] 220 dan.interpoint.lu ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.8/8.8.8; Thu, 3 Feb 2000 13:57:19 +0100
SMTP: 13:53:13 [tx] HELO web.lu
SMTP: 13:53:14 [rx] 250 dan.interpoint.lu Hello dialup89.lux.eunet.lu [193.91.32.89], pleased to meet you
SMTP: 13:53:14 [tx] MAIL FROM: <luc@xxxxxx>
SMTP: 13:53:14 [rx] 250 <luc@xxxxxx>... Sender ok
SMTP: 13:53:14 [tx] RCPT TO: <support@xxxxxx>
SMTP: 13:53:16 [rx] 250 <support@xxxxxx>... Recipient ok
SMTP: 13:53:16 [tx] DATA
SMTP: 13:53:16 [rx] 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
SMTP: 13:53:16 [tx] .
SMTP: 13:55:54 Error - Unexpected shutdown. The Connection was closed.


does anybody know what this error means and how to fix it ?

a ps aux gives me the following output


root      7924  0.0  0.5  3808  1412  ?  S   13:53   0:00 sendmail: NAA07924 www.tui.de [193.98.1.195]: DATA 
root      7929  0.0  0.5  3772  1336  ?  S   13:54   0:00 sendmail: server cj.egroups.com [207.138.41.175] child wait 
root      7947  0.0  0.5  3808  1412  ?  S   13:54   0:00 sendmail: NAA07947 cj.egroups.com [207.138.41.175]: DATA 
root      7950  0.0  0.5  3772  1336  ?  S   13:54   0:00 sendmail: server cj.egroups.com [207.138.41.175] child wait 
root      7951  0.0  0.5  3808  1412  ?  S   13:54   0:00 sendmail: NAA07951 cj.egroups.com [207.138.41.175]: DATA 
root      7953  0.0  0.5  3772  1336  ?  S   13:54   0:00 sendmail: server fj.egroups.com [208.48.218.16] child wait 
root      7956  0.0  0.5  3808  1412  ?  S   13:54   0:00 sendmail: NAA07956 fj.egroups.com [208.48.218.16]: DATA 
root      7957  0.0  0.5  3776  1340  ?  S   13:54   0:00 sendmail: server dialup89.lux.eunet.lu [193.91.32.89] child wait 
root      7958  0.0  0.5  3800  1400  ?  S   13:54   0:00 sendmail: NAA07958 dialup89.lux.eunet.lu [193.91.32.89]: DATA 
root      7982  0.0  0.5  3776  1340  ?  S   13:57   0:00 sendmail: server dialup89.lux.eunet.lu [193.91.32.89] child wait
...



any ideas would be really appreciated

sendmail has already been restarted ...


thanks


luc