RE: [cobalt-users] Fw: the SMTP (mail) server is not responding - URGENT URGENT URGENT

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, 3 urgents in the subject.

>> The SMTP (mail) server appears to be down.  The mail server may shut
itself

> We just received this message and we tried to telnet to this machine, but
> could not. even we could not ping-up the machine. We tried to reboot the
> machine, but it hangs and says "booting ........", not coming up. We are
> using Cobalt Raq3.
>
> We have mail/web services running on this machine for our clients.  What
> shall we do to bring the machine up ?
>

If the machine isn't coming up at all on the web now, or via Telnet, someone
is going to have to physically reboot it. (Should be covered in the manual.)
IIRC, I got that message once from my RaQ2 and simply unchecked, saved, and
then rechecked the Email server in the control panel to restart Sendmail.

Or, as the message says:
> If this still does not correct the problem, contact Cobalt Technical
Support.
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Dan Kriwitsky