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Subject: Re: Messages sent to lists disappear
From: dwolfe @ risc . sps . mot . com (Dave Wolfe)
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 07:55:53 -0500 (CDT)
To: uunet!harrier.sasknet.sk.ca!reynold.mark (Reynold Mark)
Cc: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com (Majordomo user's mailing list)
In-reply-to: <199506191655.JAA01947@miles.greatcircle.com> from "Reynold Mark" at Jun 19, 95 10:56:49 am
Reply-to: David Wolfe <david_wolfe @ risc . sps . mot . com>

Hi Reynold!
> I am new to Unix but the statement where it mentions "/usr/lib/sendmail"
> seems to me to be the problem.  Our sendmail is in the directory /usr/sbin/.
> So I went in a changed the statement in majordomo.pl which read:
> 
> $mail_prog="/usr/lib/sendmail -f \$sender -t";
> 
> to 
> 
> $mail_prog="/usr/sbin/sendmail -f \$sender -t";
> 
> However, this did not solve the problem.  Is there somewhere else I am
> supposed to be telling the program where to find sendmail?  I changed the
> $mailer line in majordomo.cf a while back but is there anywhere else I need
> to change it?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks. 

It turns out that the $mailer line in majordomo.cf is only used by
majordomo. You'll need to edit majordomo.pl, resend, and request-answer
(and bounce and bounce-remind if you use those) to change the path to
sendmail. Sad but true.

-- 
 Dave Wolfe    *Not a spokesman for Motorola*  (512) 891-3246
 Motorola MMTG  6501 Wm. Cannon Dr. W. OE112  Austin  TX  78735-8598


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