Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Sendmail unknown mailer error 1 Message-ID: <1991Apr24.115130.29783@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 24 Apr 91 11:51:30 GMT References: <1991Apr22.120008.6171@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1991Apr23.153449.16437@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 33 In article <1991Apr23.153449.16437@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr> wolf@grasp1.univ-lyon1.fr (Christophe Wolfhugel) writes: > >faq-aix: "|/usr/local/bin/faq" > >-rwsr-sr-x 1 listserv listserv 43844 Apr 23 15:45 /usr/local/bin/faq > >Mprog, P=/bin/sh, F=flsDFMe, S=10, R=20, A=sh -c $u > >When a local user sends mail to faq-aix (/usr/lib/sendmail -v -t) I get >a correct execution: > >When a remote user sends mail to faq-aix, the 'faq' module never finishes. I believe the problem is with you prog mailer definition. In particular that 'f' flag in the 'F=' string looks suspicious. The effect of the 'f' flag is supposed to be that when the sender is local, /bin/sh is invoked with: sh -c "/usr/local/bin/faq" but when the mail arrives over the network, /bin/sh is invoked with sh -f sender -c "/usr/local/bin/faq" I am not quite sure what the shell will do with this, but it is very likely to have some kind of nervous breakdown. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940