Topic: email problems

[Jack McCauley]

I have setup an e-smith 4.1.1 server here, and am trying to get the email working.  I can see in the /var/log/maillog that the messages are being received, but I never actually receive them in the email client (Outlook Express) or in the webmail client.  Has anyone experienced this problem before?  Any ideas?

[Justin]

It looks like I may have this same issue. Did you do a fresh install of 4.1.1 or an upgrade?

[Charlie Brady]

Jack McCauley wrote:
>
> I have setup an e-smith 4.1.1 server here, and am trying to
> get the email working.  I can see in the /var/log/maillog
> that the messages are being received, but I never actually
> receive them in the email client (Outlook Express) or in the
> webmail client.  Has anyone experienced this problem before?
> Any ideas?

This problem has been reported by a number of users who have diligently applied update RPMs. Due to a misunderstanding by us of the strange way that RPM handles post install and post uninstall scripts (postinstall and postuninstall scripts are run, even if you are just upgrading, and the postuninstall script of the version being removed is run after the postinstall script of the new version), this can cause the smtp forwarding daemon "smtpfwdd" to be disabled.

The following sequence of command sshould restore mail forwarding on your system:

/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

or, if you wish to avoid the reboot:

/etc/e-smith/events/actions/obtuse-smtpd-startup
/etc/rc7.d/S81smtpfwdd restart

Regards

Charlie

[Jack McCauley]

Thanks Charlie.  Your fix worked perfectly.