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Subject: Re: fatal error
From: Bob Dusek <bobd @ saintjoe . edu>
Organization: Saint Joseph's College
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:22:56 -0600
To: MAX @ one . com . au
References: <199912152230.IAA04822@gw.one.com.au>

Hello...

The error message is very clear in this case... it says:

"Cannot open /usr/home/majordomo-1.94.4/mumpsannounce:  Group writable
directory"

Sendmail will "puke" every time if your alias file is in a group
writable directory.   Read the sendmail documentation and look for the
"DontBlameSendmail" stuff.  There are options that will allow your
sendmail to go ahead and use a group-writable directory.  But, unless
you know what you're doing, I wouldn't suggest doing it.  

Rather, I would simply change the permissions for the alias file and the
directory that it is in.

Bob

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
mumpsannounce-list
":include:/usr/home/majordomo-1.94.4/mumpsannounce"
    (expanded from: mumpsannounce-list)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
550 ":include:/usr/home/majordomo-1.94.4/mumpsannounce"... Cannot open
/usr/home/majordomo-1.94.4/mumpsannounce: Group writable directory
554 mumpsannounce-list... aliasing/forwarding loop broken
--

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