Re: [cobalt-users] Configuring and Starting Sendmail

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Carruth wrote:

> I am running an RaQ4i, could someone please tell me how to get sendmail
> started up ?
> 
> I have run:
> 
> /etc/rc.d/inet.d/sendmail start

While this will start sendmail, it should have been done when your RaQ
started.  Based on the info you gave in a later part of the thread, that
worked properly, and sendmail is indeed running.

> But it doesn't seem to have worked, as when I execute a CGI script that
> tries to call sendmail it doesn't work.

The instance of sendmail run by the command you mentioned above is NOT
the same as the instance of sendmail that your CGI script will call. One
has nothing to do with the other.

In fact, even after you run "/etc/rc.d/inet.d/sendmail stop" your CGI
scripts should still be able to send mail.  Each CGI should be calling
its own instance of sendmail completely independent of the one that runs
as a daemon to get email sent from outside.

Just wanted to clear that up.

Jeff
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