Thanks, I figured out the problem. The default installation for a Linux
computer puts sendmail into /usr/lib/sendmail which is where bulk_mailer
is configured to call. FreeBSD puts sendmail into /usr/sbin/sendmail. A
slight tweak of the config file and everything works great.
Thanks-
Max
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Travis Ruthenburg wrote:
> On 8/12/99 12:23 PM, Max Clark (maxc@majordomo.yipinet.com) uttered:
>
> > I have recently installed and installed and configured Majordomo on
> >my FreeBSD machine. I am using Sendmail as my MTA, and a couple of lists
> >are well over 10,000 names strong. (I have one list that I expect to
> >grow over 40,000 by the end of next year).
> > I downloaded and installed the bulk_mail program, the problem is
>
> bulk_mailer I presume?
>
> >that it doesn't seem to be doing anything. (I was testing with a 20 name
> >list) Even when I force a -debug the application just seems to hang.
>
> On a 20 name list you probably wouldn't see any improvement. I believe
> bulk_mailer, by default, groups addresses into chunks of 20 domains (so
> 40 unique domains would spwan 2 process, and so on). If nothing happens
> with -debug are you sure your aliases for the list are correct?
>
> Perhaps you could show us the aliases for your list using bulk_mailer.
>
> > Is this normal? Am I just not waiting long enough for an output, how
> >long should I expect for this part of the process to take?
>
>
> Travis Ruthenburg
> Wacky Funster
> jruthenb@sprynet.com
>
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