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| author | bwarsaw | 1999-11-19 01:14:50 +0000 |
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| committer | bwarsaw | 1999-11-19 01:14:50 +0000 |
| commit | 9d341fca6b52aee380a66958fb283a0b0f6a9e8f (patch) | |
| tree | a801063d9908a68046776c1498c694e3c8a58325 | |
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Couple of mods based on Chris Lindsey's suggestions.
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diff --git a/README.SENDMAIL b/README.SENDMAIL index 48e8b80b3..6cfe5554e 100644 --- a/README.SENDMAIL +++ b/README.SENDMAIL @@ -4,12 +4,18 @@ Copyright (C) 1998 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. SENDMAIL ISSUES -Newer versions of Sendmail come with a restricted execution utility -called "smrsh", which limits the executables that sendmail can use as -mail filter programs. You need to explicitly allow Mailman's wrapper -program to be used with smrsh. One good way of doing this is to +Many newer versions of Sendmail come with a restricted execution +utility called "smrsh", which limits the executables that sendmail can +use as mail filter programs. You need to explicitly allow Mailman's +wrapper program to be used with smrsh before it will work. If mail is +not getting delivered to Mailman's wrapper program and you're getting +an "operating system error" in your mail syslog, this could be your +problem. - - cd into /etc/smrsh +One good way of doing this is to: + + - cd into /etc/smrsh (or where ever it happens to reside on your + system, such as /var/smrsh or /usr/local/smrsh). - create a symbolic link to Mailman's wrapper program |