From 07a16ab2a35a9234c6e29deb89a62d2ac560f4af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:38:23 +0000 Subject: SMTP disabled in Red Hat 6.9. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2959 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index af4485ec..d89ab721 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -1947,6 +1947,10 @@ option in your .fetchmailrc or on the command line) and get a greeting line from the listener. If the SMTP host is inaccessible or the listener is down, fix that first.

+In Red Hat Linux 6.9, SMTP is disabled by default. To fix this, +set "DAEMON=yes" in your /etc/sysconfig/sendmail file, then restart +sendmail by running "/sbin/service sendmail restart".

+ If the listener seems to be up when you test with telnet, the most benign and typical problem is that the listener had a momentary seizure due to resource exhaustion while fetchmail was polling it -- process @@ -2908,7 +2912,7 @@ install Linux on your server...

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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