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PostPosted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 6:20 pm    Post subject: Qmail troubles. Reply with quote

Well,I followed the instructions on how to install Qmail from the Wiki page, or so I thought.

I have courtier-imap working, but when I start svscan, I get this in ps -A:

Code:

20183 pts/1    00:00:00 qmail-send <defunct>



And, when I look at the log files, I get a whole ton of:

Code:

@40000000417a9fd41ab20d94 alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fd7269933e4 alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fd827aa135c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fd92a75aac4 alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fda2bc085fc alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fdb2c36235c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fdc2ce31c9c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fdd2e1dbb94 alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fde3097720c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fdf30a5645c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fe032ea7a2c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls


I would appreceate any help I can get as this is my only mail server and I've been down since a transision from Red Hat (Where it worked) to Gentoo.

Thanks!!!

Joe
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wasnt able to get the Portage version of qmail to work, but I did install it by hand using the Life With Qmail instructions...

Maybe the portage version is broken?

Joe
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Portage version works great... I'm running it on 3 production mail servers without a problem. Unfortunately, I don't know how to solve the OP's problem.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Qmail troubles. Reply with quote

LinuxRocks wrote:
Well,I followed the instructions on how to install Qmail from the Wiki page, or so I thought.

I have courtier-imap working, but when I start svscan, I get this in ps -A:

Code:

20183 pts/1    00:00:00 qmail-send <defunct>



And, when I look at the log files, I get a whole ton of:

Code:

@40000000417a9fd41ab20d94 alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fd7269933e4 alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fd827aa135c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fd92a75aac4 alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fda2bc085fc alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fdb2c36235c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fdc2ce31c9c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fdd2e1dbb94 alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fde3097720c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fdf30a5645c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls
@40000000417a9fe032ea7a2c alert: cannot start: unable to read controls


I would appreceate any help I can get as this is my only mail server and I've been down since a transision from Red Hat (Where it worked) to Gentoo.

Thanks!!!

Joe


I know it has been a while, but this is a bug in the qmail ebuild and I'm answering it so others can find the solution easily.


You need a file called "me" in the /var/qmail/control directory
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