At 17:02 2000-08-26 -0700, jeff @ Alta Host wrote:
Hello I am having two problems with the procmail server.
FTR, Procmail isn't a server (daemon).
tried changing the permissions on the /var/spool/mail/ directory and we even
checked to make sure there was space to write to.
There should be NO reason to change permissions on the directory unless it
was messed up by an earlier attempt to change the permissions.
----- Transcript of session follows -----
procmail: Error while writing to "/var/spool/mail/barry"
550 <barry(_at_)altahost(_dot_)com>... Can't create output
"Error while writing to" is in the procmail manpage ('man procmail'), where
it is described as "Nonexistent subdirectory, no write permission, pipe
died or disk full."
I'd try enabling logfile verbosity (VERBOSE=ON) in your .procmailrc and
then examining the procmail log to see what exactly procmail is complaining
about.
before posting any followups, include the output of
ls -al /var/spool/mail/barry
so that the actual permissions are shown, as well as what type of file it
is - link, directory, file. This is *MUCH* better than claiming "you
changed the permissions", without actually saying what they were changed to.
Other oddly important bits of information include the versions of procmail
AND sendmail you're using, and even the .procmailrc, or an excerpt.
2- This error message is the one I get when the following sender tries to
send an email to respective address:
This IS NOT a procmail error, it is a SENDMAIL configuration problem
(Procmail doesn't have anything to do with MX configs).
It is also important to note that the "respective address" is a virtualized
host - it isn't the same as the hostname (altahost.com).
----- Transcript of session follows -----
553 moneysolution.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
554 <ravi(_at_)moneysolution(_dot_)com>... Local configuration error
There's these things called FAQ's, ostensibly because they address
Frequently Asked Questions. "mail loops back to me/myself" is of course,
in the sendmail FAQ:
<http://www.sendmail.org/faq/section4.html#4.5>
Basically, "moneysolution.com" isn't in your local host names/relay list in
your sendmail class W.
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Sean B. Straw / Professional Software Engineering
Post Box 2395 / San Rafael, CA 94912-2395
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