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Sendmail 8.12.8-1 / Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]
I'm only using it on these servers because it seemed a waste to do a full qmail install to just send mail. But with all the vulnerabilities in sendmail, I think I'll be forced too. For information I use a Qmail Toaster, which allows virtual domains and uses vpopmail. Very robust, and I've got...- Doogienz
- Post #9
- Forum: Sendmail, Inc.: Sendmail
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Sendmail 8.12.8-1 / Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]
Okay I worked it out. There's a difference between the /etc/init.d/sendmail files. In 8.12.8-5 there's a line in startup which is like this: daemon /usr/sbin/sendmail $([ "x$DAEMON" = xyes ] && echo -bd) What it does is check /etc/sysconfig/sendmail for DAEMON=YES|NO . If it's no...- Doogienz
- Post #7
- Forum: Sendmail, Inc.: Sendmail
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Sendmail 8.12.8-1 / Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]
I got exactly the same problem.. and I'm buggered if I know what it is. When I start it manually using -bd it works fine, but then I want to run it in queue runner mode so it only processes the queue every xx minutes. It only stopped working once I upgraded to the new rpms as well. Exactly...- Doogienz
- Post #6
- Forum: Sendmail, Inc.: Sendmail
