[PREVIOUS CHAPTER]
1 Common things over problems
1.1 Check FML's log file?
Please see $DIR/log (e.g. /var/spool/ml/elena) to check fml log ?
Can you find some error messages?
1.2 fml version ?
run
% /usr/local/fml/makefml showconf
* What is MTA(Mail Transport Agent) and the version?
For example,
sendmail PRO?(Sendmail INC.)
sendmail (free?)
qmail
exim
vmailer
smail
MMDF:)
..........
Please TRY like this!
% telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.fml.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 beth.fml.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.1/3.6W; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 23:39:14 +0900 (JST)
* What is Perl version ?
% perl -v
This is perl, version 5.005_03 built for i386-netbsd
Copyright 1987-1999, Larry Wall
1.3 Check MTA's log?
2.1 Search keywords on problems over fml documents?
Search keywords on your problem over fml documents ?
http://www.fml.org/fml/search-j.html (Japanese)
http://www.fml.org/fml/search-e.html (English)
* Check entries in /etc/aliases? You did newaliases?
Sendmail uses /etc/mail/aliases not /etc/aliases ?
* Error mails can tell you the reason of errors. Please check it
before asking.
error origin
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unsafe permission of files or directories
check along the full path
loop /etc/aliases miss-configuration
you did not newaliases ?
user unknown no such user
/etc/aliases miss-configuration
did not newaliases ?
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