Re: mail out O.K. mail in no more :-(

From: Pavel Pokorny (Pavel.Pokorny_at_vscht.REMOVEME.cz)
Date: 01/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 10:03:53 +0000 (UTC)

Thank you for all the help.

The solution might be useful for other users as well:

# rm /etc/mail/sendmail.pid
# /sbin/init.d/sendmail start

The empty file sendmail.pid prevented from starting sendmail.
Now it works! 

-- 
Pavel Pokorny
Math Dept, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology
http://www.vscht.cz/mat/Pavel.Pokorny
Pavel Pokorny <Pavel.Pokorny@vscht.removeme.cz> wrote:
> Paul Sure <phv_temp@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Is the system accepting mail from local users?
> Yes, it is.
> > Is the directory /var/mail accessible and writable for the group mail?
> Yes, it is.
> > Is the sendmail process running?
> ps -lef | grep sendmail
>   1 S  pokornp  1210  1204  4 154 20  1131d00   48  12653aa 10:12:17 ttyp4     0:00 grep sendmail
> ls -l /etc/mail/sendmail.pid
> -rw-r--r--   1 root       mail             0 Jan 13 09:17 /etc/mail/sendmail.pid
> telnet math 25
> Trying...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
> This looks like sendmail is not running. But:
> /sbin/init.d/sendmail start
> sendmail has already been started
> This looks like it is.
> All this was just after a new reboot.
> Why does sendmail not start properly after reboot 
> when it used to start O.K. for 10 years?
> Thanks for any advice
> > BTW, nice city Prague. I got lost there last summer on the way back to home.
> When you get lost next time, call me 224355033.
> -- 
> Pavel Pokorny
> Math Dept, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology
> http://www.vscht.cz/mat/Pavel.Pokorny
> > Try "telnet <system> 25" and look what it does. Type something as.
> > Helo itsme
> > mail from: my@here
> > rcpt to: root
> > data
> > This is a mail test
> > .   <<<< type the dot on an empty line.
> > good luck Paul
> > "Pavel Pokorny" <Pavel.Pokorny@vscht.REMOVEME.cz> wrote in message
> > news:bu6b8m$p80$1@ns.felk.cvut.cz...
> > >
> > >   Dear HP-UX friends,
> > >
> > > my 10.20 receives no more e-mail for 2 days.
> > > Outgoing mail is O.K.
> > >
> > > Can you, please, tell me what shall I check?
> > > I am not aware of any changes I have done,
> > > just the power went down unexpectedly.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Pavel Pokorny
> > > Math Dept, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology
> > > http://www.vscht.cz/mat/Pavel.Pokorny

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