Problem starting sendmail after fresh install on CentOS4.4

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#1 Fri, 05/11/2007 - 15:42
ChrisThompson

Problem starting sendmail after fresh install on CentOS4.4

Installed on a freshly installed CentOS4.4 Install went fine.. no errors...

I noticed no mail coming in or going out.. I tried to start sendmail...

[[root@zeus init.d]]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail start Starting sendmail: [[ OK ]] Starting sm-client: sendmail: fatal: flush queue mode requires no recipient [[FAILED]]

Looking at the init script for sendmail.. it calls /usr/sbin/sendmail

/usr/sbin/sendmail is a symbolic link... [[root@zeus init.d]]# ls -al /usr/sbin/sendmail lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 May 10 16:37 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /etc/alternatives/mta

So... is it trying to run postfix with sendmail switches?

What do I need to change to make it run?

Fri, 05/11/2007 - 18:25
DanLong

you've probably got postfix running. use the command

alternatives --config mta and choose the number for sendmail

Wed, 05/16/2007 - 16:00
ChrisThompson

Thank you!! That worked like a charm.

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