Savemail problem after Patch Install

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2 total messages Started by CEKJ Mon, 04 Mar 2002 17:18

#3611

Author: CEKJ
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 17:18

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Over the weekend I encapsulated and mirrored my system disk on Solaris7
system, and also installed the complete set of 7_Recommended OS patches.
Now I keep getting the following error message from sendmail:

savemail panic:
savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere: No such file or directory

Keeping in mind, that I am a complete novice when it comes to sendmail
configuration, can someone please explain to me in "layman's term" what is
now going on with my system.

Re: Savemail problem after Patch Install

#3612

Author: Chuck Swiger
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:39

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In comp.mail.sendmail CEKJ <ckendricks@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Over the weekend I encapsulated and mirrored my system disk on Solaris7
> system, and also installed the complete set of 7_Recommended OS patches.
> Now I keep getting the following error message from sendmail:
> 
> savemail panic:
> savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere: No such file or directory

It means you many not have postmaster configured as a valid alias and thus
error messages (aka DSN's or bounces) cannot be delivered, or perhaps the
local delivery agent (/usr/lib/mail.local) isn't working right-- the stock
Solaris config has that program setgid to mail using the maillock() routines.

Run 'newaliases' and maybe 'echo "hi" | /usr/ucb/mail -v postmaster', then
look at your logfiles.

-Chuck

       Chuck Swiger | chuck@codefab.com | All your packets are belong to us.
       -------------+-------------------+-----------------------------------
       "The human race's favorite method for being in control of the facts
        is to ignore them."  -Celia Green

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