Re: [courier-users] GNU mailutils /usr/bin/mail can't send mail

I will do so. Thanks very much for confirming.



Stefan Hornburg wrote:
> Jesse Molina wrote:
>> Greetings
>>
>> I have a most peculiar problem and am seeking advice.
>>
>> I'm at a loss on this one. I've googled around and searched for anyone
>> else who might have had this problem, but I've found nothing.
>>
>> I have two systems showing the same symptoms. /usr/bin/mail, part of
>> the Debian mailutils package, can't send mail from the root user if
>> Courier MTA is the local MTA. A nearly identical system using exim has
>> no problem.
>>
>> Sending mail from other users on these systems works perfectly. This is
>> also not a problem of the MTA accepting inbound mail to the root user,
>> as I successfully receive those mails.
>>
>> I suspect a compatibility problem between mailutils and courier's
>> sendmail, but I'm not sure about it, or why this is only affecting the
>> root user.
>>
>>
>>
>> If I do, as the root user, the following single-line command;
>>
>> echo "I like cheese." | /usr/bin/mail -s "test root mail" -t
>> jesse@opendreams.net
>>
>> Then nothing happens -- the mail disappears into nothingness, with the
>> exception of the following syslog message (sorrows
>> is the local hostname);
>>
>> Jun 17 23:24:44 sorrows 250 Ok.
>>
>> The same command as any other user works just fine.
>
> I can confirm this behaviour, please file a bug report in the Debian BTS.
>
> Racke
>
>

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