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Subject: Re: Recipient Names must be specified error
From: Peter Bowyer <peter @ insite . parasoft . co . uk>
Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 10:18:57 +0200 (BST)
To: pjstevns @ wice . xs4all . nl (Paul J. Stevens)
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <199505281517.RAA00162@wice.xs4all.nl> from "Paul J. Stevens" at May 28, 95 05:17:54 pm

> 
> root said:
> >   
> >   This may be something obvious but I just got done replacing smail with 
> >   sendmail8 and I am very tired.
> >   
> >   I get the following after a test (echo help | /usr/lib/sendmail -v 
> >   majordomo).
> >   
> >   majordomo... aliased to "|/home/majordom/majordomo-1.93/wrapper majordomo"
> >   matt@midex.com... Recipient names must be specified
> 
> I'm having this exact same problem after switching from Smail to
> Sendmail. It's not addressed in the sendmail FAQ, and appears to occur
> only in relation with Majordomo aliases. Perhaps someone might forward
> me some ideas for solving it.

What do you have in majordomo.cf for $mailer?

The error 'recipient names must be specified' suggests to me that you don't
have the '-t' option set to sendmail -

my .cf says this :-

$mailer = "/usr/lib/sendmail -f\$sender -t"


Hope this helps

Peter Bowyer

--
Peter Bowyer
peter@insite.parasoft.co.uk




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