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Re: mailq output

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From: Richard Johnsson
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1987 00:01
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"Bad file number" means that sendmail blew it and overwrote errno (which
contained the reason the mail failed on the last attempt) with EBADF before
recording the error in the envelope of the message.

EBADF is a common error in the several utility functions sendmail calls
while it is logging a message delivery failure. There's nothing to be done.
On the next try you may get lucky and get a better message (or even luckier
the message may get delivered :-).
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From: johnsson@decwrl.dec.com (Richard Johnsson)
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Subject: Re: mailq output
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Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 19:01:24 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  3 19:01:24 1987
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