From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PDfHF-0006eG-8w for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:29:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5468CE0766; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 15:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B3B1E0766 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 15:28:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A89591B401E for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 15:28:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.347 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.347 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.748, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 90yJQwXMmqFe for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 15:28:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 525281B4051 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2010 15:28:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PDfFx-0006Ay-9l for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:28:09 +0100 Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:28:09 +0100 Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:28:09 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: More troubles with major update Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:28:02 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <84eib2pgu5.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87lj5db9jc.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+QxFxsRQbC/uOGQMOIYBTZ2qh6U= X-Archives-Salt: 9d1628fb-6111-41a7-92ce-330885712d1a X-Archives-Hash: 07692c0903b60fef7a3d4c98b54ddc7e Stroller writes: > On 1/11/2010, at 10:52am, Harry Putnam wrote: >> ... >> A major problem right now is that 127.0.0.1 has started rejected mail >> connections. That is, sendmail cannot send mail even locally. >> >> Sendmail itself has not been updated... > > You haven't demonstrated that sendmail is even installed. > > eix -I sendmail > > which sendmail > > equery b /usr/sbin/sendmail > > /usr/sbin/sendmail
< Huckleberry_Finn.txt > > telnet 127.0.0.1 25 > I would of thought this line: >> Sendmail itself has not been updated... But as it happens the machine stalled with green light on (overnight) , but could not login.. at console or via ssh so performed a hard reboot. The machine came up with sendmail working as it was prior to the update. Thanks for your input... next time I won't assume readers would take my word that something is installed..