Osamu Aoki wrote: > > Do you have exim configured to deliver local mail? > Do you have non root account? > > Exim refuse to deliver to root so you need to have > /etc/aliases redirecting root mail to user account. > Good luck. >
Thanks for the response. I use sendmail to deliver mail. It doesn't have a problem delivering mail to root. Someone else responded to me directly with a link to a bug report that describes the same problem. I looked at it briefly and it looks like it will solve my problem. Thanks, though. Here's the URL if anyone is interested: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=83561&repeatmerged=yes > Osamu > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 11:30:47PM -0500, Brian Stults wrote: > > Hello, > > > > For at least a few weeks, I have been attempting to install an updated > > magicfilter deb (using unstable). When I do, it unpacks fine, but then > > something strange happens. It starts running lots and lots of instances > > of "send-mail". In fact, it just keeps starting new processes until I > > am able to stop it. A "ps" looks like this: > > > > root 3323 send-mail -i root > > root 3326 send-mail -i root > > root 3329 send-mail -i root > > root 3332 send-mail -i root > > root 3335 send-mail -i root > > root 3338 send-mail -i root > > root 3341 send-mail -i root > > root 3344 send-mail -i root > > root 3347 send-mail -i root > > root 3350 send-mail -i root > > root 3353 send-mail -i root > > root 3357 send-mail -i root > > root 3360 send-mail -i root > > root 3363 send-mail -i root > > root 3366 send-mail -i root > > root 3369 send-mail -i root > > > > And that's just a few of them. Can anyone tell me why this might be > > happening, and what I might do to get magicfilter updated properly? Is > > it actually sending mail as root? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > > > Brian J. Stults > > Doctoral Candidate > > Department of Sociology > > University at Albany - SUNY > > Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 > > Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + > + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + > + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com ======= Cupertino, CA USA === + > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brian J. Stults Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology University at Albany - SUNY Phone: (518) 442-4652 Fax: (518) 442-4936 Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452
