Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU!jdpeek From: jdpeek@RODAN.ACS.SYR.EDU (Jerry Peek) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh Subject: Re: Help with BHST error... Message-ID: <9008211024.AA28366@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Date: 21 Aug 90 11:24:41 GMT References: <3170@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 59 > I have suddenly started getting the following error message whenever I > try to send any mail. ...other stuff deleted... > % send -verbose -watch -draftf +drafts -draftm 1 > -- Posting for All Recipients -- > post: problem initializing server; [BHST] no servers available > send: message not delivered to anyone This question comes up a couple of times each year. Here's a copy of the most recent answer I could find. I hope no one minds my re-posting it. --Jerry Peek; Syracuse University Academic Computing Services; Syracuse, NY jdpeek@rodan.acs.syr.edu, JDPEEK@SUNRISE.BITNET +1 315 443-3995 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: pinkas@cad001.intel.com (Israel Pinkas ~) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh Subject: Re: [BHST] error from post Message-ID: Date: 6 Nov 89 18:49:08 GMT Organization: Corporate CAD, INTeL Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 35 In-reply-to: bochner@lange.harvard.edu's message of 2 Nov 89 23:33:19 GMT Harry Bochner writes: > We've been having a problem mh on sun3's running SunOs 4.0. It gets into > state where any attempt to use comp or send produces: > > >post: problem initializing server; [BHST] no servers available > >send: message not delivered to anyone > > The problem is somewhat sporadic: consistent for a while, then it goes > away again. Rebooting seems to help for a while. Has anyone had > experience with this? > Thanks, > -- Harry Bochner > bochner@endor.harvard.edu The problem is that your sendmail daemon is dying. Look at the processes running on the machine. If sendmail is not running, that is the problem. On most BSD systems, any user can restart the daemon. I don't know why your sendmail is dying, but looking in that various log files might give you a clue. We discovered a problem caused by certain mail headers that caused sendmail to die. (Sorry, this was a long time ago, and I don't remember the details. The problem appears to have been fixed..) -Israel -- -------------------------------------- Disclaimer: The above are my personal opinions, and in no way represent the opinions of Intel Corporation. In no way should the above be taken to be a statement of Intel. UUCP: {amdcad,decwrl,hplabs,oliveb,pur-ee,qantel}!intelca!mipos3!cadev4!pinkas ARPA: pinkas%cadev4.intel.com@relay.cs.net CSNET: pinkas@cadev4.intel.com