This question is a FAQ, and is answered in the MH FAQ, but the answers don't seem to help my situation...
Here's the problem. I'm using exmh, but when I try to send, I get this message: post: problem initializing server; [BHST] no servers available send: message not delivered to anyone >From the MH FAQ, I gather that this is because it can't connect to localhost port 25. There is a reason for that: I don't have anything listening on port 25 and I don't want to. I'm somewhat security-minded and strongly believe that a system should not allow anyone access to anything they don't actually need access to. Therefore, because this box isn't a mail server, I don't have anything listening on the SMTP port. Anyway, looking at the MH FAQ: >5. Your load average is so high that sendmail is refusing connections. > Solution: Change your configuration from "mta: sendmail/smtp" to > "mta: sendmail" so that a sendmail processes is spawned to > deliver the message. This is a double-edged sword since the > extra process only makes the load worse. This sounds like what I want to do. My system is refusing SMTP connections, although not because of load. I tried adding the "mta: sendmail" line to my ~/.mh_profile, and I also tried a "servers:" line with the name of my mail server. No change with either option. What am I supposed to do? I wasn't sure about the mta option, but I figured that the servers line would work. Is the ~/.mh_profile file ignored or do I have these options in the wrong place? BTW, I'm running sendmail (with only the -q option) instead of smail, if that makes a difference.
