Difference between revisions of "Short Notes on Linux Administration"
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and restart. | and restart. | ||
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| + | === Enable and Start <tt>sendmail</tt> === | ||
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| + | If you're getting "'''stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]'''" log messages from ''sendmail'', try adding the following line to your '''/etc/mail/sendmail.mc''' file: | ||
| + | DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA') | ||
| + | under the "General defines" section. | ||
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| + | Also, make sure the <tt>sendmail</tt> daemon is running: | ||
| + | ps aux | grep sendmail | ||
| + | If not, run it using | ||
| + | sendmail -bd -q1m | ||
| + | where ''-q'' parameter chooses how often the email queue's new messages should be processed (here, every minute). | ||
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| + | To test if this all works, use | ||
| + | echo -e "Subject: Hello\nTesting the mailer..." | sendmail -f test@test.com ''myrealaddress@mail.com'' | ||
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| + | The advantage of <tt>sendmail</tt> over <tt>mail</tt> is that the ''from'' address need not be a valid email address... well... advantage? | ||
Revision as of 01:18, 24 July 2011
Reset Compiz to Default Settings
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/compiz
and restart.
Enable and Start sendmail
If you're getting "stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]" log messages from sendmail, try adding the following line to your /etc/mail/sendmail.mc file:
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')
under the "General defines" section.
Also, make sure the sendmail daemon is running:
ps aux | grep sendmail
If not, run it using
sendmail -bd -q1m
where -q parameter chooses how often the email queue's new messages should be processed (here, every minute).
To test if this all works, use
echo -e "Subject: Hello\nTesting the mailer..." | sendmail -f test@test.com myrealaddress@mail.com
The advantage of sendmail over mail is that the from address need not be a valid email address... well... advantage?
