[ale] Sendmail 8.9.1, Linuxconf, mail.local annoyances, and me...

[Jay Finch]

Hi all!
	After many frustrating hours of trying to deal with the Sendmail 8.9.1
annoyances, and how it doesn't deal with Linuxconf very well, I figured I'd
ask the experts. ;)

I have Sendmail 8.8.8 -- I want to upgrade to 8.9.1 to take advantage of
the new, more powerful SPAM filters that 8.9.1 offers.  HOWEVER -- I also
need to update my sendmail.cf as well, and here's the rub.

I followed the (sometimes obtuse) instructions on how to configure Sendmail
8.9.1 and started modifying it to match my existing 8.8.8 config.  (WIth
the correct Cw fields, variables, etc.)

Now, when I tried to start it, I got these errors:

(From Syslog)
Oct  2 01:18:29 larp sendmail[10021]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(nobody): queuename:
Cannot create "qfBAA10021" in "/var/spool/mqueue" (euid=65534): Permission
denied

(From Messages)
Oct  2 01:15:01 larp sendmail[9986]: BAA09976: to=<root at larp.com>,
ctladdr=<horus at larp.com> (1000/100), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00,
mailer=local, stat=unknown mailer error 1
Oct  2 01:15:02 larp sendmail[9986]: BAA09976: BAA09986: DSN: unknown
mailer error 1

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Erg... This was pretty bad and got me so annoyed I downgraded back to 8.8.8
so I could keep my mailserver running.

I've searched and found some "Howto" documents on configuring Sendmail, but
they're all for 8.8.7- ... I've done this before, but damn... I forgot how
hard it was. :(

Any suggestions?  Tips? Hints?  Locations of small-arms manafacturers? ;)

Cheers!
Jay
...Man, the "Bat Book" is huge...
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