Hi,
Iam sending the mail from balaji to majordomo and This is what is
there in
/usr/local/majrodomo-1.94.5/Log file
Jun 28 10:30:18 ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in majordomo[2451]
{balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in} help
Jun 28 10:40:21 ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in majordomo[2481]
{balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in} config test
It is receiving it fine..but there is no reply..even the config file was
created..with the default passwds and all those stuff..but there is no reply
from majordomo..and i couldnt find the /var/log/maillog file to check it
out..changing the aliases dint work..when i run the newaliases..i get the
following result
WARNING: writable directory /var
WARNING: writable directory /var/spool
WARNING: writable directory /usr
newaliases: cannot open /usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/majordomo.aliases:
Executable files not allowed
/etc/mail/aliases: 12 aliases, longest 64 bytes, 581 bytes total
newaliases: cannot open /etc/mail/majordomo.aliases: Executable files not
allowed
Majordomo is able to read the mail but there is no reply..
eagerly waiting for ur reply.
balaji
> ----------
> From: Dan Liston
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 11:05 PM
> To: Balaji A
> Cc: 'majordomo-users@GreatCircle.com'
> Subject: Re: Majordomo Reply problems
>
> Who or what user are you sending the email to majordomo from?
> You can not send majordomo a message from itself, or it will not
> be processed. Majordomo sees these messages as a mail loop.
>
> Check your /path-to/majordomo/Log file, and your /var/log/maillog
> file for hints as to what happened to the email. Did majordomo
> see it but not reply? Did the message get to sendmail, but not
> to majordomo? Did majordomo send a reply for sendmail to process
> but sendmail black-holed it?
>
> Dan Liston
>
> Balaji A wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > After installation when i send a mail to majordomo..
> > "config test test.admin" ..it is creating a config file in my lists
> > directory..but it is not sendin the config file back..i mean there is no
> > reply from Majordomo..iam unable to know why this is happening..There is
> no
> > reply from majordomo what might be the problem..
> > please help me..
> >
> > My alias file is as below..
> >
> > majordomo: "|/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/wrapper majordomo"
> > owner-majordomo:balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> > majordomo-owner:balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> >
> > test: "|/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/wrapper resend -l test test-list"
> > test-list: :include:/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/lists/test
> > owner-test: balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> > test-owner: balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> > test-request: "|/usr/local/majordomo-1.94.5/wrapper majordomo -l test"
> > test-approval: balaji@ganga.planetasia.microland.co.in
> >
> > The machine iam using is solaris 2.7 and sunOS 5.6...
> > perl-5.6.1..
> > thanks balaji
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Daniel Liston
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 8:33 AM
> > > To: Diana Mateja
> > > Cc: Majordomo-Users@GreatCircle.COM
> > > Subject: Re: Install problem with majordomo.aliases
> > >
> > > What are the ownership and permissions on the link you created?
> > > Are you running on a hosted service? Have you tried the RPM install?
> > > You could save yourself lots of these problems by using the RPM if
> > > you own the machine you are installed on.
> > >
> > > Dan Liston
> > >
> > > Diana Mateja wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am having a problem installing majordomo. Here is my system info:
> > > > Majordomo Version: 1.94.5
> > > > Perl version 5.00503
> > > > OS: Linux2.2.18
> > > > Mailer: Sendmail8.8.7
> > > >
> > > > I made it to the last step where I issued the 'lists' command -
> > > > 10. Test the configuration again by creating an empty file 'test' in
> > > > $listdir, and issue a 'lists' command to Majordomo:
> > > > % touch /path/to/majordomo/lists/test
> > > > % echo 'lists' | mail majordomo
> > > >
> > > > I get the following error -
> > > > [root@sesgweb lists]# hash map "Alias1": unsafe map file
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases.db: Group writable
> directory
> > > >
> > > > So I looked through the archives and found that many have problems
> at
> > > > this step and I found one that was similar to mine but the response
> for
> > > > that one did not work for me.
> > > >
> > > > Someone else reported the error -
> > > > Issuing an echo lists | mail majordomo on my fBSD 3.3 system
> > > > with sendmail returns this error:
> > > >
> > > > % Cannot open hash database /opt/majordomo.aliases.db:
> > > > Inappropriate file type or format
> > > > --------------------
> > > > The response he got was -
> > > >
> > > > Most likely, your separate aliases file for majordomo is
> > > > not located in a sendmail safe directory or owned by root.
> > > > Try creating a link from /opt/majordomo.aliases to /etc/mail
> > > > and in your sendmail.cf use that link as an additional
> > > > aliases file.
> > > >
> > > > As root do;
> > > > `ln -s /opt/majordomo.aliases /etc/mail` (I used my own pathname.)
> > > > In sendmail.cf
> > > > # location of alias file
> > > > O AliasFile=/etc/aliases, /etc/mail/majordomo.aliases
> > > >
> > > > Restart sendmail
> > > > Maybe `newaliases` or `sendmail -bi`
> > > > ---------------
> > > > This worked for him but when I restart sendmail. This is what I
> get:
> > > > [root@sesgweb mail]# newaliases
> > > > WARNING: Group writable directory /home/mcuadm
> > > > WARNING: Group writable directory /home/mcuadm/src
> > > > hash map "Alias2": unsafe map file
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases.db: Group writable
> directory
> > > >
> > > > WARNING: cannot open alias database
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases
> > > > Cannot create database for alias file
> > > > /home/mcuadm/src/majordom/majordomo.aliases
> > > > /etc/aliases: 15 aliases, longest 49 bytes, 226 bytes total
> > > > /etc/mail/majordomo.aliases: 19 aliases, longest 121 bytes, 1131
> bytes
> > > > total
> > > >
> > > > I am not a sys admin so I don't understand these errors.
> > > > Can someone help?
> > > > Diana
> > >
>
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